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April 1999


HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

RED ONION STATE PRISON

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

I. SUMMARY

II. RECOMMENDATIONS

III. RED ONION STATE PRISON: BACKGROUND

IV. A DAY IN THE LIFE: BASIC CONDITIONS AT RED ONION
General Population
Segregation
Mentally Ill Inmates

V. ADMISSION AND RELEASE

VI. THE USE OF SEGREGATION

VII. STAFF-PRISONER RELATIONS

VIII. USE OF FORCE
Firearms
Misuse of Electronic Stun Devices and Other Abuses

IX. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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