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 ...

Sen. Mike Jones has proposed a bill that would pause the use of the Interstate Corrections Compact, but only into Red Onion State Prison.

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) has confirmed that two inmates, who purposefully burned themselves while at Red Onion State Prison have been transferred to out ...

Staying true to its genre of hard-reporting documentaries, HBO is premiering a new documentary on controversial solitary confinement and the its effects on prisoners. Titled Solitary: Inside Red Onion ...

On May 25, 2022, DeAndre Gordon set himself on fire resulting in third degree burns on his legs within Red Onion State Prison in Wise County, Va. When asked why he committed this extreme act of self ...

Editor’s note: This story includes references to self-harm. Tomeka Wallace didn’t know her son was being transferred from Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison until she got a call in February from a ...

POUND, Va.—A man convicted in the murders of two Virginia college students and the sexual assault of another is now being held in the Red Onion State Prison, a super-maximum security facility in Wise ...