By Brandon Seward, Nottoway Correctional Slavery! consisted of bond servants coming to Amerika for new opportunities for them & they...

A phrase that I have grown to use a lot is, "People want a microwavable solution to problems that require an oven of activism." I have...

Oh sweet Chariot! Harriett going to take us home! F da chains, F da gun line, F da names, Ain't no mo niggas getting lynched, Ain't no...

Unfortunately, as I write this, with all of the great and positive work that has taken place in the Augusta Pre-Reentry "Self Governing"...

On the behalf of the Virginia Prison Prison Justice Network (VAPJN) and Virginia Prisoner of Conscience (VAPOC) I would like to thank...

On behalf of the Virginia Prison Prison Justice Network (VAPJN) and Virginia Prisoner of Conscience (VAPOC) I would like to thank...

Rally Statement- Peace and Justice to the Unified Family, For the past 3 years I have watched the prison and criminal justice reform...

By Hassan Shabazz, VAPOC The League of Direct Action is an alliance which evolved out of a congruous relationship between organizations...

By Hassan Shabazz (VAPOC) Amnesty International defined a Prisoner of Conscience as a person imprisoned and/or persecuted for their...

By Hassan Shabazz, Augusta Correctional Center The League of Direct Action is an alliance which evolved out of a congruous relationship...

I was recently watching the news and there was a report on how correctional officers are overworked and underpaid, and how many of them fear

On March 18, 2019 the entire 6th District Republican Delegation along with Senator Emmett Hanger, Chief of Operations David Robinson,...

On January 9th 2019 I was indicated by a multi jurisdiction grand jury on one count of felony criminal solicitation of distribution with...

There is a practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia that is being ignored or has gone unrecognized. The people that are responsible for...

Recently Congress passed a prison reform bill attacking harsh sentences in a bipartisan effort to address injustices within the system...

"A strip search shall be conducted on each offender before exiting a special housing unit cell and then a frisk search shall be conducted...

"The Other Recidivism" I was speaking to my father about how many people get released and then come back to prison, and at a certain...

All of Virginia's major criminal justice initiatives over the past nearly quarter century have been driven by the lust for federal...

As we explore the 13th Amendment and its application as well as the fallback which has resulted in mass incarceration (modern day...

It is a tragedy how prisoners here in Virginia are deprived of the right to cohabitate with the the opposite sex, but what is even more...