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A series of self-immolation cases by Black incarcerated individuals led to retaliation by guards at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison, but a 2026 state inspector general investigation dismissed accounts of brutal prison conditions and racial violence as unsubstantiated, The Appeal reported in April 2025. Dozens of incarcerated individuals have experienced…
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