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 ...

A crowd rallies outside of the bell tower at Virginia's Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025 to protest allegations of mistreatment of inmates and prolonged use of solitary confinement at Red Onion State Prison ...

Virginia’s Black Legislative Caucus is calling on the governor and the state department of corrections to initiate an independent investigation into allegations of abuse and poor conditions at a ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Convicted murderer Gregory Powell, who kidnapped two Los Angeles police officers and killed one of them in 1963, a crime chronicled in the book and film "The Onion Field," has ...

Red Onion resident Ekong Eshiet said in anaudio recordingreleased by Prison Radio, an organization that amplifies the voices of incarcerated people, that he is one of the inmates who burned himself.