WRAL Investigates

WRAL Investigates: Jail locks may have been faulty before two escaped

The board that oversees Piedmont Regional Jail in southern Virginia has known for months that locks at the facility were "failing," WRAL Investigates found in minutes from meetings of the jail authority board dating back to December 2022.
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The board that oversees Piedmont Regional Jail in southern Virginia has known for months that locks at the facility were "failing," WRAL Investigates found in minutes from meetings of the jail authority board dating back to December 2022.

Reporter : Cullen Browder
Reporter : Joe Fisher
Photographer : Jamie Munden
Producer : Randall Kerr
Posted 2023-05-02T18:36:53-0400 - Updated 2023-05-02T18:36:53-0400