Virginia governor signs bipartisan bill that limits the use of dogs to attack prisoners in the commonwealth

• Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a law curbing the use of attack dogs in state prisons.
• Lawmakers credited a Business Insider investigation with shedding light on the abusive practice.
• The bill prohibits the deployment of attack-trained dogs except when "immediately necessary."

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday signed a bill into law that severely restricts the use of attack-trained patrol dogs in state prisons after the legislation garnered widespread bipartisan support in the in the Virginia legislature.