One official from Red Onion State Prison suggested charging the inmates for their hospitalization, while another suggested prosecuting them for setting fires in their cells.

Summary

Inmates at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison set themselves on fire in 2024 to protest alleged abuse, solitary confinement, and lack of medical care.

Emails reveal prison staff discussed charging the inmates for their medical treatment and prosecuting them for arson.

Advocacy groups and former inmates have long criticized the prison for excessive solitary confinement, abuse, and retaliation.

The Virginia Department of Corrections denies wrongdoing but faces lawsuits and a pending ombudsman investigation into prison conditions.

  • ComradeSharkfuckerEnglish
    3·
    11 hours ago

    You might be missing the forest for the trees. What I mean to say is that this is a normal thing for her to pass. More so, to champion. She pushed hard for this and was proud of it. Would you?

    She still prosecuted them, even if they did not go to jail. She pulled sick and impoverished people into court instead of helping them.

    • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
      2·
      11 hours ago

      I think you miss I see nothing particularly egregious with this law. It allows for plenty of interventions from the school before it gets to legal penalties and in addition allows for special circumstances.