Now, legislators and advocacy groups are speaking out, and state officials are pushing back. Red Onion State Prison is in Wise County. It’s a supermax facility that houses several hundred inmates.

Red Onion State Prison is a supermax prison in Wise County. In recent months, concerns about conditions at the facility resurfaced following reports of six inmates burning themselves in November.

When it premieres on Monday, Feb. 6, HBO's documentary Solitary: Inside Red Onion will give a firsthand look at one of the strictest supermax prisons in the United States. Since prisons often ...

Legislation introduced during the 2024 General Assembly session created an ombudsman position to oversee the Virginia ...

“People who have been incarcerated at Red Onion State Prison describe being regularly subjected to racial and physical abuse from correctional officers, medical neglect including the withholding ...

The Red Onion State Prison is perched on a mountaintop in Wise Country, Va., and is a supermax institution. The cells are 8’x10’ and designed to house the prisoners in isolation for 23 hours a ...

Since September, at least six men attempted to set themselves on fire to call out what they say are inhumane conditions at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia. IE 11 is not supported.

Red Onion State Prison, seen in July 1997, is in Pound in Wise County. Virginia Department of Corrections Director Chadwick Dotson in late November denied reports of prisoners “self-immolating ...

Red Onion State Prison in Wise County is gaining attention after inmates reportedly set themselves on fire, after saying they suffered from inhumane treatment. Skip to content.