Chadwick Dotson has been the director of Virginia’s prison system since September 2023.
Before this appointment, he was a chief judge in the Circuit Court for Wise County, Va. He was also a past prosecuting attorney and dean of students … Read the rest
Tomeka Wallace is the mother of Demetrius Wallace, one of several Black men who set themselves on fire in latter 2024 at Virginia’s notorious Red Onion State Prison, in desperate response to racist abuses at the prison.
She has witnessed … Read the rest
The government’s use of euphemisms is simply a sly way of lying. When a cop murders a defenseless child of color in cold blood, shooting him in the back, police departments call it a “police involved shooting.” This serves to … Read the rest
On December 15, 2024, Dwight Jackson, a Black man confined at Keen Mountain, yet another remote Virginia prison, was electrocuted by guards with a 50,000 volt electric shock belt for fun.
The shocking assault happened while Dwight was being transported … Read the rest
The name Ekong Eshiet has become widely known in the media, after he and numerous other prisoners set themselves on fire in desperate efforts to be transferred away from the racist abuses at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison.
After a … Read the rest
There is a rally to shut down Virginia’s Red Onion and Wallens Ridge State Prisons set to take place in downtown Richmond, Virginia at the Bell Tower in Capitol Square on Jan 8, 2025 from 2-3pm.
This rally comes in … Read the rest
The socialist states
are all gone
Does this mean capitalism
has finally won?
By no means
is the fate of all decided
Just because the rich now
have divided
And eat the world like
a pie
Causing billions to die… Read the rest
I’ve been writing articles on U.S. prison abuses for decades – since 2004. My first report was about racism and mistreatment at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison, titled “Red Onion State Prison, An Exposé: Racism and Abuse Equals Kind and … Read the rest
I love my mother
you raped her
hunted her children
stalked and killed them
connived to steal them
scattered her seeds
to the four winds
made them forget
their familial bonds
so now there’s been
generations
of wars between her … Read the rest
I am not me
I am We
without which
I cannot be
cannot be free
even if I could go
wherever I desired to be
a warrior’s life
belongs to the people
individualism is evil
feeble
not equal
with an … Read the rest