Earlier this year, the city purchased a bond agreement of up to $46.5 million to purchase the regional jail, which is now effectively Portsmouth’s city jail. City Manager Steven Carter said the ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth City Council will move forward with the $46.5 million deal to purchase and improve the former Hampton Roads Regional Jail. Inmates are now housed at the ...

PPD said she was taken to the Portsmouth City Jail and is being held without bond. They haven't shared anything about the circumstances of the case that led up to the teen's death.

(WAVY) -- In an extensive court hearing surrounding the controversy over the Portsmouth City Jail, Douglas Smith, the city's building and code official, said the call to condemn the facility in ...