News: Press Releases
April 15, 2008
Augusta Correctional Center Conducts Contraband Interdiction
November 1, 2006
DOC Operation Trick No Treat Targets
Sex Offenders on Halloween March 9, 2006
DOC Appoints New Warden at
Deerfield Correctional Center
March 8, 2006
DOC Appoints New Warden at Sussex I
State PrisonJanuary 5, 2006
DOC Expands Services to Spanish
Speaking CommunityAugust 2, 2005
DOC Receives Recognition from
Department of Defense for Support of National Guard and ReserveFebruary 3, 2005
DOC Appoints New Warden at Nottoway
Correctional Center
December 20, 2004
DOC Appoints New Warden at Augusta
Correctional CenterDecember 10, 2004
DOC Appoints New Wardens at Red
Onion State Prison and Wallens Ridge State Prison October 31, 2003
DOC Launches Operation
Consequences XXV in RadfordDOC Operation Trick No Treat Targets Known Sex Offenders Across State
August 15, 2003
Virginia
Department of Corrections Receives CIO 100 Award
August 12, 2003
DOC
Appoints New Warden at Coffeewood Correctional Center
June 16, 2003
Virginia
DOC Appoints New Superintendent at Pulaski Correctional Unit #1
June 5, 2003
DOC
Appoints New Wardens at Greensville Correctional Center and Deerfield
Correctional Center
May 14, 2003
DOC
Launches Operation Consequences XXIV in City of Harrisonburg,
Rockingham County and Page County
April 3, 2003
DOC Appoints
New Warden at Augusta Correctional Center
April 3, 2003
DOC Appoints New Wardens at Brunswick Correctional Center and
Southampton Correctional Center
April 3, 2003
DOC Appoints New Warden at Keen
Mountain Correctional Center
February 11, 2003
DOC Appoints New Warden at Greensville Correctional Center
December 20, 2002
Virginia DOC Appoints New Warden at Lunenburg Correctional CenterDecember 12, 2002
Project
SOAR Celebrates Graduation at
Indian Creek Correctional Center in Chesapeake
November 20, 2002
DOC
Inmates Send Holiday Messages Home to Family- Fourth year of program in five facilities across the state -
November 8 , 2002
Virginia
DOC Appoints New Deputy Director November 1, 2002
DOC
Operation Trick No Treat Targets Known Sex Offenders in Norfolk
and Virginia Beach
September 30, 2002
Secretary of Public
Safety to Visit Staunton Correctional Center
June 27, 2002
COMPASS Task Force
Evaluates Treatment Services for Offenders
June 25, 2002
Corrections Launches
Operation Consequences XXII in Farmville
May 20, 2002
ACA Accredits
More VA DOC Prison Facilities - Highest Accreditation
Possible on the National Level
May 20, 2002
Inmate Dies at Red Onion State
PrisonMay 9, 2002
DOC
Receives Top Honors From FOP for Participation in 2001 Public Safety
Day
April 4, 2002
Inmates "Shed Light" on Uninsured
Medical Catastrophe Fund
December 12, 2001
DOC Investigators Arrest Wallens Ridge
State Prison Correctional Officers
December 11, 2001
James River Correctional Center
Inmate Apprehended
December 3, 2001
DOC Inmates Send Holiday Messages
Home to Family
November 14, 2001
Inmate Walks Away From Powhatan
Correctional Center
June 26, 2001
Vermont Inmate Dies of Apparent
Suicide at Greensville Correctional Center
May 31, 2001
Inmates at Powhatan Correctional
Center Send Fathers Day Messages Home
May 16, 2001
Statement from Director Ron Angelone
regarding the Medical Examiners Report on the Death of Connecticut
Inmate Larry Frazier
February 5, 2001
Sussex II State Prison Receives
ACA Accreditation
January 26, 2001
Wallens Ridge State Prison Receives
ACA Accreditation
January 5, 2001
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Recognizes DOC VINE System
January 5, 2001
DOC Director Ron Angelone Received National
Award
December 13, 2000
DOC "Most Wanted" List
at Two-Year Low
September 19, 2000
Indian Creek Correctional Center
Dedicates Therapeutic Program Building
September 5, 2000
DOC Victim Services Unit Expands
Services to Spanish and Hearing Impaired Citizens
August 29, 2000
Southampton Detention Center
Receives ACA Accreditation
August 28, 2000
Red Onion State Prison Receives
ACA Accreditation
July 21, 2000
Board of Corrections Certifies
Wallens Ridge State Prison
July 13, 2000
Wallens Ridge Inmate Dies of Medical
Complications
June 28, 2000
Operation Turnaround Celebrates
Second Graduation at Indian Creek Correctional Center
March 15, 2000
DOC Appoints New Deputy Director
February 16, 2000
Correctional Officer Receives Valor
Awards
November 19,1999
Sussex I State Prison to Receive
ACA Accreditation
October 5, 1999
Fluvanna Correctional Center for
Women to Receive ACA Accreditation
September 30,1999
DOC Community Corrections to Receive
ACA Accreditation
