Virginia Department of Corrections

News & Press Releases

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  Assisting Families of Inmates (AFOI) Reduces Cost of VADOC V...

  Rate will drop to 15 cents-per-minute on January 1, 2025Rate will drop to 12 cents-per-minute on July 1, 2025 Assisting Families of Inmates (AFOI), a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families and children impacted by the incarceration of a loved one, announced today that the cost of video visitation within the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC), previously 20 cents-per-minute, has been reduced to 15 cent...  Read More — vadoc.Utils.StringHelper.(featuredNews.Value("headline").Trim(), 60)

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  Marion Correctional Treatment Center (MCTC) Celebrates Accre...

  RICHMOND, VIRGINIA —  Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) Director Chad Dotson today announced that Marion Correctional Treatment Center (MCTC) has undergone ...  Read More — Marion Correctional Treatment Center (MCTC) Celebrates Accre...

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  VADOC Gives Back Across Virginia This Holiday Season

  RICHMOND, VIRGINIA —  Facilities, probation and parole districts, and units across the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) have given back in many ways this h...  Read More — VADOC Gives Back Across Virginia This Holiday Season

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  Eight Additional Charges Filed Against Three People in Attem...

  RICHMOND, VIRGINIA —  Three additional people have been charged by a grand jury in Goochland County for attempting to smuggle approximately $1.1 million (prison valu...  Read More — Eight Additional Charges Filed Against Three People in Attem...