Internal communications between officials at Red Onion State Prison, published on Wednesday by the news site The Appeal, show that officials mused over the idea of making inmates pay for their own ...

Charlotte Rene Woods \ Virginia Mercury Roughly two months after Virginia’s Department of Corrections confirmed that six inmates at Red Onion State Prison had burned themselves by tampering with ...

(WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Corrections’ director released a statement Wednesday following the incident with the six inmates intentionally burned themselves at Red Onion State Prison.

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Officials at Red Onion State Prison say claims about inmates setting themselves on fire were false. Meanwhile, advocates are standing by the statements they made.

In the messages, which the nonprofit news organization published Wednesday, Red Onion State Prison’s chief of security suggested charging the inmates for their care after the burns, while an ...

In the messages, which the nonprofit news organization published Wednesday, Red Onion State Prison’s chief of security suggested charging the inmates for their care after the burns, while an assistant ...

Del. Tony Wilt, R-Harrisonburg, said he was concerned that the bill could “set inmates up” for another incident like what happened last year at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison, where six inmates ...

A Red Onion State Prison inmate who escaped from a hospital spoke exclusively with 8News after pleading guilty to the charge of escaping a correctional facility in August 2023. On Saturday ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Red Onion State Prison inmate who escaped from a hospital spoke exclusively with 8News after pleading guilty to the charge of escaping a correctional facility in August ...

Roughly two months after Virginia’s Department of Corrections confirmed that six inmates at Red Onion State Prison had burned themselves by tampering with electrical outlets, advocates renewed calls ...

But Beckler wanted more records: specifically, surveillance footage of bite incidents in Virginia’s super-maximum security Red Onion State Prison, which recorded the most bites of any prison in her ...