Public Defenseless 321 | How Virginia Prison Officials Lied About Red Onion Prisoner Lighting Themselves on Fire w/Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Today, Hunter spoke with Senior Reporter at The Appeal, Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg. A few weeks ago, Hunter was joined by Phil Wilayto of the Virginia Defender to talk about why prisoners of Virginia's Red Onion Prison were lighting themselves on fire. Today, Elizabeth joins to reveal how despite the public proclamations by DOC officials, prisoners were lighting themselves on fire all along.
Guest
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, Senior Reporter, The Appeal
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Read about Red Onion Prison
https://theappeal.org/red-onion-virginia-prison-self-immolated/
https://www.vpm.org/news/2024-12-06/ekong-eshiet-kevin-rashid-johnson-red-onion-vadoc-wise-county
https://www.prisonradio.org/news-update/red-onion-state-prison-update/
https://theappeal.org/virginia-prison-response-red-onion-self-immolation/
https://theappeal.org/prisoners-intentionally-burned-themselves-red-onion-state-prison-virginia/
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