During October 2024, while I was confined at Virginia’s notorious supermax, Red Onion State Prison, I broke the story that numerous men had set themselves on fire at the prison in desperate response to intolerable conditions there.
This exposure brought … Read the rest
The basis of the dual power strategy of the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party (RIBPP) is to occupy space within the oppressed communities from which to resist the dictatorship of the monopoly capitalists and build people’s power based in these … Read the rest
Deputy Director Joseph W. Walters was elevated to lead the Virginia Department of Corrections. His portfolio has long sat where prison labor, “compliance,” and the grievance maze intersect.
When Governor Abigail Spanberger moved to replace Chadwick Dotson at the Virginia … Read the rest
Since Nov 17, 2025 Virgina’s media has been awash with reports that on that day a guard in the state’s River North Correctional (sic!) Center was stabbed to death by a prisoner. Two other guards were reported as also injured … Read the rest
Since I was interstate transferred to South Carolina from the Virginia prison system on May 1, 2025, I have endured continued abuses and retaliation in response to and to deter my role in publicizing, resisting and organizing against abuses in … Read the rest
For years, prisoncrats have been building momentum behind pushing for laws to authorize installing cellphone jammers in state prisons. A coalition of state attorneys general are pressing for these laws to counter federal laws that presently prohibit anyone except federal … Read the rest
The inhumanity of Virginia’s prisons knows no limits. The experiences of Neil Lyness aka Turbo proves the case. Neil is a double-amputee who lost his left arm and left leg in a motorcycle accident. He’s been confined since 2012, where … Read the rest
The Virginia legislature created an ombudsman’s office in July 2024, charged with overseeing and investigating the Virginia prison system. Andrea Sapone was appointed as ombudsman that September. The creation of this office was backed by advocacy groups who believed the … Read the rest
Sneaky racism is no longer the order of the day. Under the leadership of Donald Trump and his MAGA movement within the Republican party, white supremacy is rearing its ugly head in the open… once … Read the rest
After suffering over 3 months with an abscessed tooth, the infection from which could have spread and proven fatal at any moment, I was finally seen by a private dentist on Oct 17, 2025, where the first step of a … Read the rest
