April 1999
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
IN THE UNITED STATES
Super-Maximum Security Confinement in Virginia
The day I arrived I was...told that
I was at Red Onion now and if I act up they would kill me
and there was nothing anyone could
or would do about it.
Inmate Statement to Human Rights Watch
III. RED ONION STATE PRISON: BACKGROUND
IV. A DAY IN THE LIFE:
BASIC CONDITIONS AT RED ONION
General Population
Segregation
Mentally Ill Inmates
VIII. USE OF FORCE
Firearms
Misuse of Electronic
Stun Devices and Other Abuses