Trying to exercise your rights in prison is like being stopped by a cop late at night on a lonely country road. Sure, you have rights, but exercising them can get you in a world of trouble.
POLITICALLY CONSCIOUS PRISONERS FACE REPRESSION IN VA. DOC
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Established in 2005 as The Richmond Defender, The Virginia Defender is a free community newspaper, published quarterly for the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality. Print distribution is currently 12,000 and statewide. The online publication launched in Summer 2020.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: VOTING RIGHTS ACT STILL UNDER ASSAULT
A letter to the editor from Mr. Roy L. Perry-Bey of Norfolk, executive director of the United Front for Justice, regarding the Voting Rights Act.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ABOUT THAT COLISEUM DEAL…
As a concerned resident of Richmond who has been monitoring the details of the Coliseum deal, I am strongly opposed to the initiative.
Solutions from a jailhouse lawyer
A letter to the editor from Hassan Shabazz on the Department of Corrections, truth-in-sentencing law, and mass incarceration.
The poisoning of Virginia’s Schoolchildren
A letter to the editor regarding lead contamination in Virginia’s school buildings by Queen Zakia Shabazz.
PHOTO UPDATE: 16TH ANNUAL GABIEL FORUM
Some two dozen people gathered at Richmond’s African Burial Ground on October 10th for the 16th Gabriel Forum, an event to honor the great slave rebellion leader Gabriel on the anniversary of his execution.
SHOCKOE BOTTOM ADVOCATES TO STONEY: TAKE A STAND!
Longtime advocates for Shockoe Bottom have sent an Open Letter (see below) to Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney asking him to finally take a stand on whether he supports the community-generated proposal for a nine-acre memorial park.
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