Prisoners Burned Themselves. So Staff Discussed “Making Them Pay Money.”
Emails show Virginia Department of Corrections officials discussing how to punish people at Red Onion State Prison who self-immolated.
Red Onion State Prison
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Virginia Prison Director Tells Self-Immolating Prisoners to ‘Behave’
At least six people incarcerated at Red Onion State Prison intentionally burned themselves to get transferred out of the notorious facility.
Prisoners Intentionally Burned Themselves at Troubled Virginia Supermax
A state spokesperson confirmed six men at Red Onion State Prison in Western Virginia used “improvised devices” to give themselves electrical burns.