Virginia’s rural prisons came into the spotlight in 2024, after several prisoners at Red Onion State Prison, myself included, went on prolonged hunger strikes protesting abusive conditions there, then a dozen more set themselves on fire in desperate efforts to … Read the rest
The following is the second part of an interview with Kevin “Rashid” Johnson by James K. Anderson a member of the IWW Freelance Journalist Union. The first part was titled, “Striking Back Against Prison Slavery.”
JAMES ANDERSON: In the first … Read the rest
Two of the most widely publicized and vocal prisoners who set themselves on fire during latter 2024 in desperate responses to racism and abuses at Virginia’s notorious Red Onion State Prison have been transferred out of state.
Ekong Eshiet has … Read the rest
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Related to the topic covered in this issue (uses of attack dogs in Virginia prisons), attorneys with … Read the rest
In Oct 2024 the story broke that numerous prisoners at Red Onion State Prison had set themselves on fire in desperate response to racism and abuse at the Virginia prison that has an extensive history of corruption and racism. It … Read the rest
Ed Mead passed away on Nov 6, 2023 – his 86th birthday. I wanted to write a few words in his memory.
I have never written an obituary, so I hope to do Ed’s memory justice.
The thing is, he … Read the rest
Fyodor Dostoyevsky was right. Anyone who wants to determine a society’s level of progress only needs to look inside its prisons. This is because prisons are a condensed version of the society that produces them.
Indeed, as the U.S. Supreme … Read the rest
In a recent article I pointed out the racial double standard applied where officials publicized that several Black guards had been criminally charged with assault on prisoners that occurred in Virginia’s Black-staffed prisons, while no charges have been issued against … Read the rest
The following is an interview conducted with Kevin “Rashid” Johnson by James K. Anderson a member of the IWW Freelance Journalist Union.
JAMES ANDERSON: When did you first learn about the plan for the Sept 9, 2016 prison strike?
RASHID: … Read the rest
For the first time that I know of, a Virginia government official has publicly admitted that prisons located in the state’s poor rural segregated white communities like Red Onion and Wallens Ridge State Prisons exist solely to prop up these … Read the rest