The Governor’s Community Partnership Council On Corrections was announced in June, with applications open through Sep. 4. Spanberger said that her administration looks forward to hearing the council’s perspective on “additional steps we can take to improve safety and transparency within VADOC facilities.” By 2024 a handful of inmates at Red Onion State Prison, one of the more embattled facilities, burned themselves in protest of the conditions or to seek transfers. Last week, the governor announced a reentry program at Red Onion. The Mercury asked if members of the group plan to apply for the forthcoming corrections council but did not receive a response by the time of this publication.