Patrol canines have bitten incarcerated people in the head, stomach, arms and legs — and in two cases, attacked corrections ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — On this episode of The Rundown, host MaryCatherine Neal talks to 8News reporters Rolynn Wilson and Allison Williams about their Taking Action investigation into conditions at ...

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 ...

The latest videos from WRIC ABC 8NewsOn this episode of The Rundown, host MaryCatherine Neal talks to 8News reporters Rolynn Wilson and Allison Williams about their Taking Action investigation into ...

Virginia Corrections Ombudsman Andrea Sapone (left) listens to Bending the Bars founder Nicole Deyo (right) during a meeting in Richmond on July 15, 2025. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...