Red Onion State Prison in Wise County, Va., in 1997. After six inmates partially burned themselves last year to call out what they say are “intolerable” conditions at a Virginia maximum security ...

Though questions have lingered among journalists and lawmakers alike, the highly politicized early release program still ...

Several inmates reportedly attempted to "set themselves on fire" to protest against the "inhumane" conditions at a supermax state prison in Virginia. As many as six prisoners at Virginia's ...

And, yes, there's an email chain. Court documents revealed staffers at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison thought about charging inmates who burned themselves while staging protests of the “intolerable ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — An inmate at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center died by suicide Sunday evening, the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office confirms. On April 6, 2025 at 6:03 p.m., ...

Sheriff Rocky Holcomb secures re-election in Virginia Beach, promising to expand on his initiatives and uphold "T.R.U.S.T." principles.

BIG STONE GAP, Va. (AP) — An attack by inmates at a Virginia prison injured five guards, according to state corrections officials who said most of the assailants were MS-13 gang members who entered ...

NEW KENT COUNTY, Va. — Noah Thompson, the winner of American Idol Season 20, gave a performance for inmates at Henrico County’s Regional Jail East on Monday. Thompson shared his story and voice with ...

Robert Gleason Jr. killed two fellow inmates in order to get a death sentence. Jan. 16, 2013 — -- A Virginia inmate who begged and even killed for the death penalty was executed by electric chair ...