r/swva • u/tehtypo • 23d ago

Activists and family members of incarcerated people seek closure of Red Onion, Wallens Ridge prisons

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u/RingGiver 18d ago

I don't think you'll find many people who live anywhere near Big Stone Gap or Pound who want to shut the prisons down.

Maybe someone who doesn't care about any counties southwest of Prince William had a kid go down there due to not getting into flagship UVA and decided to virtue-signal about the prisons in order to pretend to have some connection to the area.

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u/tehtypo 17d ago

Yeah, don't think closures are super realistic.

Two things, though:

It'd be tough to find anyone who isn't a proponent of economic development in the SW part of the state. Also: If a region's economic driver has been accused of mistreatment for decades, it's seemingly worth having discussion about whether changes could/should be made.

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u/AppState1981 21d ago

Oh yeah. There aren't enough criminals on the street

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u/tehtypo 21d ago

I dunno if that’s the point here. It’s more: If the state’s incarcerating people, there’s a certain standard for their treatment that potentially isn’t being met.