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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Commentary: Prisoner brutality is catching fire in Virginia
Publicity over the self-burnings have put a spotlight on the Red Onion State Prison, located in rural Wise County just a few ...
Bristol Herald Courier12d
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 ...
A Dozen Black Inmates Reportedly Self-Immolated At Virginia Supermax Prison To Escape 'Intolerable Racism, Abuse, and Inhumane Conditions'
Inmates at Red Onion State Prison have reportedly self-immolated in a bid to get transferred away from what they call abusive ...
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VADOC releases statement after 6 inmates burn themselves at Red Onion State Prison
The Virginia Department of Corrections' director released a statement Wednesday following the incident with the six inmates ...
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Concerns raised about Red Onion State Prison
Red Onion State Prison is in Wise County. It’s a supermax facility that houses several hundred inmates. In a statement posted ...
Augusta Free Press14d
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 View2d
Rashid: Striking abuses of militarized guards in Virginia prisons
Human rights violations by militarized prison guards in the Virginia prison system, highlighting specific incidents of ...
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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 ...
Prisoners sustain self-inflicted third-degree burns, calling out against ‘inhumane’ conditions
At least six inmates at Red Onion State Prison in western Virginia have allegedly burned themselves in protest of what they ...