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
In a 2023 article I outlined how officials manufactured gangs and gang wars in Virginia’s remote supermax prisons Red Onion (RO) and Wallens Ridge; I also demonstrated why this was done, namely to justify the continued operation of these two … 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
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither person nor property will be safe.” – Frederick … 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
First and foremost, I write this critique of the MST of A with respect for the sincere and dedicated members of the Moorish Science Temple who have done great works for our people in raising consciousness, and building institutions to … Read the rest
How many prisoners must die and how long must we languish in solitary confinement subjected to these harsh and unconstitutional living conditions before there is a public outcry?
The deficiencies in the day-to-day operations of this prison have been longstanding/persistent … Read the rest
