When a handful of Red Onion State Prison inmates burned themselves in late 2024 amid allegations of racism and abuse, the ...
A state investigation launched after several Red Onion State Prison inmates burned themselves and alleged racism sexual abuse ...
WISE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Extensive lockdowns at Red Onion State Prison are leaving imprisoned loved ones in the dark for days, sometimes weeks at a time. The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC ...
Virginia Corrections Ombudsman Andrea Sapone (left) listens to Bending the Bars founder Nicole Deyo (right) during a meeting in Richmond on July 15, 2025. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia ...
Staying true to its genre of hard-reporting documentaries, HBO is premiering a new documentary on controversial solitary confinement and the its effects on prisoners. Titled Solitary: Inside Red Onion ...
On May 25, 2022, DeAndre Gordon set himself on fire resulting in third degree burns on his legs within Red Onion State Prison in Wise County, Va. When asked why he committed this extreme act of self ...
Editor’s note: This story includes references to self-harm. Tomeka Wallace didn’t know her son was being transferred from Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison until she got a call in February from a ...