Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red Onion State Prison in Wise County, Va., in 1997. After six inmates partially burned themselves last year to call out what they ...

Residents were advised not to approach Quick if spotted but to call emergency services immediately.

Thousands of Virginia sexual assault survivors thought their abusers would be locked up for the rest of their lives. And thousands of murder victims’ loved ones ...

The state’s top prison official criticized reports that the self-burnings at Red Onion State Prison, which has had a history of complaints, were in protest of poor conditions. By Amanda Holpuch At ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Despite last year being an all-time high for Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) inmates earning their General Education Development (GED) diplomas, there’s been a ...

The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: "unbearable" conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia inmates who most need in-prison educational programs — which better prepare them for release and make them less likely to reoffend — are, in large part, the ones not ...

Eighteen months ago, I walked away from the Virginia Department of Corrections with $25, no shelter, no referrals and no direction. The guard who handed me my seven-year-old personal property had ...