Virginia's First Supermaximum Security Prison - Red Onion State Prison was the first of two supermaximum security prisons to open in Virginia in the past year. Intended to hold the state's most dangerous inmates, Red Onion -- and its twin, Wallens Ridge State prison -- restrict inmate movement and acti - http://www.hrw.org/about/initiatives/onion.htm
PrisonZone - Authentic prison photos and prison art. - http://www.prisonzone.com
The Fortune Society - Staffed primarily by ex-offenders, the society is a not-for-profit community-based organization dedicated to educating the public about prisons, criminal justice issues, and the root causes of crime. Helps ex-offenders and at-risk youth break the cycle - http://www.fortunesociety.org
Frontline Primer - How the "Drug War" has led to numerous imprisonments with little or no evidence except from "snitches," reducing their own sentences by fingering innocent (often black) people. - http://www.pbs.org/frontline/shows/snitch/primer
Red Onion State Prison - Super-Maximum Prison 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." - http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/redonion/