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A new state jail death investigator reviewing cases back to July 1 has closed 17 while 36 remain pending, including the death of an 18-year-old on Tuesday in the Hampton Roads Regional Jail.The Board of Corrections, a panel of citizens appointed by the governor, has discussed the cases in closed sessions. No information about any of the closed cases has been made public."Any policies on this will be set by the Board itself," Michael Kelly, a spokesman for the Virginia Attorney General's Office, said by email. "We will of course advise the Board on its obligations, responsibilities, and authorities under the law, but ultimately, it will be up to the Board to decide how they want to handle these situations."T. Stephen Goff, the investigator, was hired part time with funding approved by the General Assembly after the controversial death of Jamycheal Mitchell, 24, in the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in 2015.Mitchell, who had mental health problems, was being held on allegations of stealing … [Read more...] about State jail death investigator closing cases, but information isn’t public

There was no toy gun. No mobile phone. No pill bottle. No pocket to reach into.If the runaway imagination of police officers too often leads to the fatal shootings of unarmed black males, the death of Essex High School biology teacher Marcus-David Peters represents a curious but no less tragic case.The naked appearance of Peters, a Henrico County resident, left nothing to the imagination before he was fatally shot by a Richmond police officer along Interstate 95/64.“Marcus-David Peters was the seventh person killed by police in Virginia so far this year,” said Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia. “We don’t know all the facts in this case yet, but it is difficult to understand how a lone, naked person could be a serious threat to the properly trained law enforcement officer.”She called the shooting of Peters “a uniquely troubling situation” because police in the other cases this … [Read more...] about Williams: If the Richmond Police Department continues to reject transparency, it will sacrifice trust

The stage is set for a showdown in the Virginia Senate on Tuesday over a budget compromise negotiated by Senate Finance Co-Chairman Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, and House Appropriations Chairman Chris Jones, R-Suffolk, to expand the state’s Medicaid program and pay for the state’s share through a new tax on hospital revenues that also would boost Medicaid payments for inpatient provider care.The proposal, hammered out over almost a week of negotiations between Hanger and Jones, also would bank an expected $500 million revenue windfall to boost Virginia’s reserve funds to almost $1 billion. It also would provide for a 3 percent teacher pay raise and up to 4 percent (2 percent across the board and 2 percent merit pay) in salary increases for state employees in mid-2019 if the revenues are adequate at the end of this year.The proposal also would provide targeted raises to direct-care staff in state mental hospitals and other behavioral health facilities, while boosting pay … [Read more...] about Hanger, Jones agree on budget compromise to expand Medicaid in Va., boost reserves and provide raises for teachers, state employees

Courtney Nunnally scrolled on her phone in the back of the Richmond police SUV. The fluorescent lights from the strip centers, gas stations and cheap motels lining Midlothian Turnpike shined through the tinted window, barely cutting the darkness that had already descended by 5:30 p.m. on the Wednesday before Christmas. Officer Ben Frazer scanned the illuminated parking lots as he drove, looking for familiar faces. Nunnally had been in the back of more police vehicles than she could count, many times on the way to jail and dreading the inevitable detox that would set in when she went too long without a heroin fix. It was like having the flu, only a hundred times worse. As the American opioid crisis reaches near epidemic levels, law enforcement agencies across the country are training their officers how to use Narcan to revive people who have overdosed. The LA County Sheriff’s Department has deployed over 600 deputies with Narcan and is changing the way law enforcement … [Read more...] about Former Addicts Partner With Virginia Police to Fight Addiction Epidemic