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 restThere 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 restI’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 restSeveral things prison officials and my peers know about me is I’m not passive, I don’t frighten and I don’t back down.
I’ve been imprisoned for almost 35 years. Throughout that time I’ve physically warred and litigated against, and publicized
… Read the restOn Jan 17, 2025 I spoke with Phil Wilayto, the editor of the Virginia Defender newspaper. As many know, Phil supported and endorsed the call to shut down Virginia’s remote and notoriously racist and abusive super maximum security prisons, Red
… Read the restWhen you combine an attention-seeking and drama-prone white woman who has a racist sense of entitlement over people of color with a hip shooting occupation that routinely captures, beats and lynches people of color, you have a distressing combination. Indeed
… Read the restLet me paint a picture for you. In this case art doesn’t merely imitate reality, it captures it.
In Va, prisoners are paid pennies per hour to perform labor that keeps its prisons operating which
… Read the restThe Virginia legislature enacted a set of laws governing the state’s prison system. Under those laws it designated a director as the system’s head of operations. (1)
Chadwick Dotson was appointed under the administration of present Virginia governor Glenn Younkin
… Read the restIn a token response to widespread exposure and calls for investigations of prisoners setting themselves on fire in desperate response to rampant racism and abuse at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison, the prison system announced the appointment of a new
… Read the restINTRODUCTION
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
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