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Staffers at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia weighed whether to charge the inmates “thousands of dollars for the hospital and medical treatment,” according to emails obtained through a ...
At least six inmates at Red Onion State Prison in western Virginia have allegedly burned themselves in protest of what they call abuse and “intolerable” living conditions, according to Kevin ...
Red Onion State Prison (ROSP) is a supermax state prison located in unincorporated Wise County, Virginia, [4] near Pound. Operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC), it houses about 800 inmates. [3] The prison opened in August 1998.
Up the Ridge is a 2006 documentary film by Appalshop filmmakers Nick Szuberla and Amelia Kirby revealing injustices in the American prison system. [1] It especially highlights prisoners sent from urban areas to be incarcerated in rural supermax prisons, such as Red Onion State Prison and Wallens Ridge State Prison.
Wallens Ridge State Prison is a level 5 state prison located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, housing approximately 1,200 inmates. 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. [1] The prison was built for over $70 million.
In September 2022, Judge James Jones of the District Court for the Western District of Virginia ruled that officers at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison were justified in deploying a dog to attack ...
A 1999 report by Human Rights Watch raised concerns over conditions at Red Onion State Prison. The report states that "the Virginia Department of Corrections has failed to embrace basic tenets of sound correctional practice and laws protecting inmates from abusive, degrading or cruel treatment" [ 15 ] and claims that "racism, excessive violence ...
Over the past quarter century, Slattery’s for-profit prison enterprises have run afoul of the Justice Department and authorities in New York, Florida, Maryland, Nevada and Texas for alleged offenses ranging from condoning abuse of inmates to plying politicians with undisclosed gifts while seeking to secure state contracts.