At least six people at Red Onion intentionally lit themselves on fire last year. Now, prisoners say staff are forcing people to comply—or cutting their electricity.| The Appeal
For more than 10 years, a group of incarcerated men have said Illinois prison guards forced them into painful stress positions and forced them to rub their genitals on one another.| The Appeal
Prison dog-training programs teach incarcerated people responsibility and give them a sense of purpose behind bars.| theappeal.org
I’ve been in prison for 42 years. After New York State closed my facility, it sent me to Sing Sing—a prison filled with tension and violence.| theappeal.org
I was raised an Eagles fan. Their Super Bowl win reminded me of toxic, painful lessons my father and his father gave me.| theappeal.org
Emails show Virginia Department of Corrections officials discussing how to punish people at Red Onion State Prison who self-immolated.| theappeal.org
At least six people incarcerated at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison intentionally burned themselves to get transferred.| theappeal.org
Six men at Red Onion State Prison in Western Virginia used “improvised devices” to give themselves electrical burns.| theappeal.org
Dang Dinh Bach's family alleges that his prison deliberately withheld a package of food from him, leaving him to have essentially no access to food for two weeks.| Project88