Search results
Red Onion State Prison (ROSP) is a supermax state prison located in unincorporated Wise County, Virginia, [4] near Pound. Operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC), it houses about 800 inmates. [3] The prison opened in August 1998.
Subscribe to the HBO Docs YouTube: http://itsh.bo/10r45k3Solitary: Inside Red Onion State Prison premieres Monday, February 6 at 10PM, only on HBO.HBO Docs o...
- 2 min
- 156.1K
- HBODocs
Aug 4, 2016 · This Solitary Watch article on Virginia’s Supermax Red Onion State Prison [ROSP], a prison one prison guard characterized to a prisoner as a place where “crooks watch over crooks” and another guard said “a investigation waiting to happen”.
Feb 24, 2017 · Multiple men at Red Onion, including Kevin Snodgrass, allege that correctional officers go so far as to retaliate against individuals who file complaints by planting knives and homemade shanks in cells.
Apr 17, 2016 · Kristi Jacobson’s docu examines Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison, a supermax facility where convicts are holed up alone for 23 hours a day.
- Nick Schager
Solitary: Inside Red Onion State Prison is a documentary film by HBO about Red Onion State Prison, a supermax prison, in the U.S. state of Virginia, focusing on the use and effects of solitary confinement.
Jun 6, 2012 · Dozens of inmates at Red Onion State Prison, Virginia’s only supermax facility, have been on a hunger strike since Tuesday, May 22, in what supporters say is a protest against inhumane conditions.
