Why Are Prisoners Setting Themselves on Fire at Red Onion?
Red Onion State Prison: where six men set themselves on fire as a desperate form of protest. Since 1998, watchdog groups have documented shotgun attacks, electroshock torture, pervasive racism, and naked force-feedings in the Virginia prison — but families of the incarcerated men report little has changed. Now activists are demanding Red Onion be shut […]
Red Onion State Prison: where six men set themselves on fire as a desperate form of protest.
Since 1998, watchdog groups have documented shotgun attacks, electroshock torture, pervasive racism, and naked force-feedings in the Virginia prison — but families of the incarcerated men report little has changed.
Now activists are demanding Red Onion be shut down and its leaders held accountable. Will the state keep looking away?
