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Prisoners Burned Themselves. So Staff Discussed “Making Them Pay Money.”

Last year, six prisoners at Red Onion State Prison, a supermax facility on the state’s rural west side, intentionally burned themselves, prompting scrutiny of the prison from lawmakers and the public.  But rather than address the conditions that may have led to such desperate measures, emails obtained by The Appeal show that corrections staff discussed […]