page under construction — additional resources welcome

Organizations / General Resources

Recent Updates from Interfaith Action for Human Rights on Commonwealth of Virginia

news from Virginia Prison Justice Network

Justice Forward Virginia — blog, issue studies, and more

Neighborhoods affected, where incarcerated people lived — Prison Policy Initiative (2022)

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Specific Issues in Virginia Prisons

Dog Attacks

Dog Attacks: Virginia — IAHR correspondence sparked litigation; related stories

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Virginia and Solitary Confinement

from ACLU VA: motion filed after veto of Solitary Confinement legislation (2025)

Public Radio story on Solitary Confinement efforts in Virginia (2022)

from Virginia Interfaith Center on Solitary Confinement

Virginia Coalition on Solitary Confinement

Red Onion News and Resources

• Segregation and Red Onion (and Wallens Ridge) — IAHR June 2016
• Red Onion (and Wallens Ridge): news from IAHR Dec 2020
• Prison Radio on Red Onion: Now at Bandcamp
• Survey: Shut it Down — 46 of 51 prisoners share their names, say reform is impossible
• Dangerous Understaffing: Virginia Mercury Report March 2025
• Vocal prisoners transferred out of state as investigation unfolds (April 2025)
• See also reports, some from IAHR, shared through Matir Asurim’s Inside News

Wallens News and Resources

• “Up the Ridge” Documentary (2006) plus related educational offerings
• Statement from IAHR (Nov 2020) on Wallens Ridge
• Wallens Ridge (and Red Onion): news from IAHR Dec 2020
• Segregation and Wallens Ridge (and Red Onion) — IAHR June 2016
• More on Wallens Ridge from IAHR (Dec 2020)

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Virginia Oversight/Ombudsman

October 2023 report: Detailed case notes from IAHR on need for ombudsman

New Ombudsman Streamlining Complaint Process (Dec 2024)

FAMM statement on Prison Oversight and Ombudsman