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...

Recently there was an attempted assault of a counselor at Augusta Correctional Facility where one prisoner allegedly exposed himself and...

At the heart of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is capitalism and those who are willing to do anything to make a dollar. The two multi...

On May 26, 1998 during a crack deal, where the quantity and price of the drugs were in dispute, I shot and Killed a man. At the time I...

On June 1, 2018 I was fired from my position as a law clerk which I've held for over 3 years now here at Augusta. I was told that it was...

I began the day like any other day at Sussex II. I woke up, went to breakfast, called my wife, and spent a signification part of the...

I recently spoke with a prison guard to whom I said, "I really feel for you. You have a hard job. You have to work in a booth where you...

As a Prisoner against gun violence who has been in captivity for 18yrs. due to my engagement in gun violence I feel that it is important...

My brother, comrade, and fellow member of Virginia Prisoner of Conscience (VAPOC) was wrongfully accused and convicted in a kangaroo...

Can you imagine being incarcerated for nearly 20 years of your life for a crime that you did not commit..well that's exactly what has...

Can I cry! A poem by Lorenzo Cosby submitted, and denied by the Program Director, for the Black History Month Program at River North...

Big Brother, Part 1 A poem by Leon Cherry, River North Correctional Center February 2018 Big brother, lil' brother years apart in...

I know the Separation within being Brainwashed, To even being dragged away in Slaveships. To the "Yelps & The Whelps" of the many Cries...

On Tuesday, April 24, around 5:30 pm, Virginia prisoner advocate Dale Pughsley, aka Askari Danso, was handcuffed by guards and removed...

My heart bleeds for Stephon Clark, the young 22 year old Black Man who was shot at 20 times (hit 6 times in the back) and murdered by...

Read the latest VAPJN newsletter to learn about what happening in prison reform/justice in Virginia. NOTE. I just noticed a mistake in...

Today I walked in the dining hall fully expecting to meet my man Kinetic to discuss the status of the newly formed Sussex 2 Human Rights...

What a letter means to a prisoner I'm confined to a world behind four walls, where nobody sees me and nobody calls, yes I know I'm here.....