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
It’s really common sense that those in power, who abuse power, will resist and attempt to suppress those who expose their abuses.
The head of the Virginia prison system, director Chadwick Dotson, has been exposed as lying to hide racist … Read the rest
It’s really common sense that those in power, who abuse power, will resist and attempt to suppress those who expose their abuses.
The head of the Virginia prison system, director Chadwick Dotson, has been exposed as lying to hide racist … Read the rest
As of latter-Feb 2025, Charles Coleman is housed in the medical department at Red Onion State Prison after setting himself on fire yet again. Coleman was one of numerous men who set themselves on fire at the prison during 2024 … Read the rest
During latter 2024 I put out a call to create a prisoner support network and organization called PAPA or People Against Prison Abuse. The purpose of PAPA was to create a broad base of public support for prisoners made up … Read the rest
On Feb 10, 2025 a meeting was held by people and members of groups who support or have signed on to PAPA (People Against Prison Abuse). This was our fifth meeting. At that meeting several things were decided:
First, we … Read the rest
On Jan 28, 2025 three guards at Virginia’s Greensville Correctional Center were reported as having been criminally charged for violent assaults on prisoners. (1) Greensville is one of Va’s predominantly Black-staffed prisons that houses medium security level prisoners. Thanks to … Read the rest
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