In my experience, most times when people are abused in prison and report it to their loved ones on the outside, the response is either disbelief or the assumption that the victim did something wrong. And even if the prisoner … Read the rest
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It’s almost depressing how deeply snitch culture has become ingrained in today’s prison culture. Only a few decades ago, prisoners set specific limits on how we engaged with guards and refused to entertain conversations with officials about other prisoners or … Read the rest
Since news broke this past October about multiple prisoners setting themselves on fire at Red Onion State Prison, Va officials have been in damage control mode trying to downplay the inhumane conditions existing in this and other remote Va prisons. … Read the rest
INTRODUCTION
During Jan 2024 I was transferred away from Virginia’s notoriously racist and abusive Red Onion State Prison, after participating in a group hunger strike protesting conditions at the prison. My strike ultimately lasted 71 days. I returned to the … Read the rest
On Apr 2, 2024, at Virginia’s Sussex 1 State Prison, Rivan, a prison attack dog, was killed. He was allegedly stabbed to death by a Latino prisoner who the dog had been sicced on by guards.
In the days that … Read the rest
Walter Kissee is confined to a wheelchair. He can’t walk. His disability was caused by having a huge chunk of his leg ripped out by a prison attack dog on April 13, 2024 at Virginia’s River North Correctional (sic!) Center. … Read the rest
It’s Nov 11, 2024, 10:52 am. My neighbor here at Red Onion State Prison’s D-3 solitary confinement cellblock was just tear gassed for the most absurd reason. Which is typical here, where white guards don’t use force because they NEED … Read the rest
There is a literal crisis of denied and substandard treatment of prisoners’ serious health conditions in Virginia. My own experiences give testament to this.
During 2021 I returned to the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) from confinement in a series … Read the rest