r/worldnewsvideo • u/CantStopPoppin 🔍Sourcer📚 🍿 PopPop🍿 • 18d ago

Inmates Set Themselves on Fire in Protest Over Maggots in Food, Dog Attacks, and Deplorable Conditions at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia

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u/Pokioh389 18d ago

Governor sounds more like he doesn't care. Wonder if they're even going to resolve the issue.

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u/Remerez 18d ago

That's Youngkin. He truly does not care about anything but his own agenda.

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u/Hiphiprodrigo 18d ago

I've heard burning alive is one of the worst deaths there is and yet these guys are doing it to prove their point. Shows how bad it must be if people are willing to light themselves on fire over it.

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u/arcadia_2005 18d ago

Why are institutions allowed to investigate themselves?

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u/StoopSign North America 🌎 17d ago

Agency capture

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u/Sir_wlkn_contrdikson 18d ago

Self harm is not difficult to combat if you’re providing the basic necessities

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u/thaddues444 18d ago

Im just saying at this point just relised them they alreadyu been through hell by the sounds of i dont carew what they did if they are living in those conditions they deserve to be free they are still humans no matter what they did and they deserve to be treated like one.

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u/JohnWangDoe 17d ago

Time to put PRISON CEOs on a hitlist

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u/Snoborder95 17d ago

Most prison wardens are pretty good. The bad ones don't last long on the modern age.

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u/irishplonker 18d ago

Red onion?

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u/ExpressiveAnalGland 18d ago

Yes. Very popular, but not quite as sweet as a yellow.

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u/lovejanetjade 17d ago

And this guy is considered a rising star in the Republican party.

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u/VeraLumina 17d ago

He just proved it.

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u/Unsolved_Virginity 16d ago

I was in a holding cell for 6 hours. And even then some of the staff were complete dictators to inmates.