Virginia Lawmakers Want to Know Why 6 Inmates Have Burned Themselves
The state’s top prison official criticized reports that the self-burnings at Red Onion State Prison, which has had a history ...
Richmond5d
Red Onion rumors of self-immolation 'ludicrous,' says prison chief
The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus on Tuesday wrote that they were "horrified at recent reports of incarcerated ...
Several inmates in Virginia prison try to ‘set themselves on fire’ to protest against 'intolerable’ conditions
Several inmates reportedly attempted to "set themselves on fire" to protest against the "inhumane" conditions at a supermax ...
Latin Times on MSN10d
A Dozen Black Inmates Reportedly Self-Immolated at Virginia Supermax Prison to Escape 'Intolerable Racism, Abuse, and Inhumane Conditions'
Twelve Black inmates at Red Onion State Prison have reportedly self-immolated since September in a bid to get transferred ...
Va. leaders demand probe after Red Onion inmates self-harm amid claims of poor conditions
Several inmates at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison in recent months have been hospitalized for burned themselves, sparking ...
Bristol Herald Courier3d
State officials comment on self-inflicted burnings at Red Onion State Prison
A Marion man has been sentenced to life in prison plus 90 years after being convicted by a jury in the 2021 murder of Teresa ...
The Appeal6d
Prisoners Intentionally Burned Themselves at Troubled Virginia Supermax
Six men at Red Onion State Prison in Western Virginia used “improvised devices” to give themselves electrical burns.
Augusta Free Press5d
Black inmates at Red Onion State Prison burning themselves to protest ‘intolerable’ conditions
Black inmates, protesting racism and intolerable conditions at Red Onion State Prison, are taking to burning themselves to ...
San Francisco Bay View11d
Conditions so bad that prisoners set themselves on fire: Crisis and cover-up at Red Onion super-max
Prisoners at Virginia's Red Onion supermax prison are resorting to self-harm to protest inhumane conditions and demand urgent ...
Virginia Department of Corrections confirm inmates burned themselves; lawmakers want investigation
At least six incarcerated people have burned themselves at western Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison, the Virginia Department ...
Washington Times2y
Topic - Wallens Ridge State Prison
Since opening in April 1999, it has been a part of the Virginia Department of Corrections, and is identical to the Red Onion State Prison near Pound. The prison was built for over $70 million.
Human Rights Watch8y
III. RED ONION STATE PRISON: BACKGROUND
The first of the two identical super-maximum security facilities to come on line, Red Onion State Prison, located in ... chronically dangerous inmates in Virginia. The idea of supermax prisons ...