After Self-Immolations at Red Onion Prison, Virginia Prisoners Allege Crackdown
At least six people at Red Onion intentionally lit themselves on fire last year. Now, prisoners say staff are forcing people to comply—or cutting their electricity.
Self-harm
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Virginia Prison Uses Threats, Bribes to Address Self-Harm
The Inmate Safety Agreement distributed at Red Onion State Prison offers fish fries and movies for prisoners who don’t harm themselves.
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.
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.