Bristol Herald Courier1d
State officials comment on self-inflicted burnings at Red Onion State Prison
A Marion man has been sentenced to life in prison plus 90 years after being convicted by a jury in the 2021 murder of Teresa ...
Rome News-Tribune1d
Getting Back To Work: GNTC, Prison Partnership Builds Skills For Release
Through adult education courses and workforce training a local prison and technical college are working together so inmates ...
Va. leaders demand probe after Red Onion inmates self-harm amid claims of poor conditions
Several inmates at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison in recent months have been hospitalized for burned themselves, sparking ...
Concerns raised about Red Onion State Prison
Red Onion State Prison in Wise County is gaining attention after inmates reportedly set themselves on fire, after saying they ...
WRIC2d
Red Onion State Prison officials say no inmates set themselves on fire
Officials at Red Onion State Prison say claims about inmates setting themselves on fire are false. Meanwhile advocates are ...
Prisoners sustain self-inflicted third-degree burns, calling out against ‘inhumane’ conditions
At least six inmates at Red Onion State Prison in western Virginia have allegedly burned themselves in protest of what they ...
Judge finds New York City in contempt over jail conditions, moves closer to a federal takeover
A federal judge has found New York City in contempt over conditions in its city jails. Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan issued a written ruling on Wednesday, finding the city in contempt over 18 ...
WVTF2d
Governor and Department of Corrections respond to six inmates who burned themselves
One day after the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus described conditions at a maximum-security prison as degrading and ...
Prosecutor: Pontiac store clerk was threatened with arson, ethnic intimidation
A store clerk in Pontiac was threatened last week with arson and ethnic intimidation, according to charges filed by Oakland ...
The Oakland Press4d
White Florida woman sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting Black neighbor in lengthy dispute
Susan Lorincz, 60, was convicted in August of killing 35-year-old Ajike “A.J.” Owens by firing a single shot from her ...
Man accused of ethnic intimidation at Pontiac gas station charged
Authorities said Noah Syl Johnson entered the business around 7 p.m. Friday night with a gas can and a lit cigarette.
Prosecutors urge judge to keep Michigan school shooter's guilty plea and sentence in place
DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors urged a judge Tuesday to reject a Michigan school shooter's request to withdraw his guilty plea in ...