Virginia schools still rely heavily on law enforcement to discipline students and years of efforts to lessen the practice could be halted with recent legislation, according to juvenile justice advocates and some state lawmakers. “Sometimes the heavy hand of the...
New Virginia Laws Seek to Close ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’
When Virginia's schoolchildren return to in-person schooling after the pandemic, they'll return to a school system in which criminal punishments for unruly in-school behavior have largely been taken off the table. The near future of in-person schooling is uncertain...
Teach, Protect, and Serve: A County Backed Against Its Borders
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #37, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. Each morning, 384 miles west of Richmond, a man clips on his badge, buckles his belt, tightens his gun holster, and heads to work. His commute is upwards of 40...
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