An essay by Philip Daniel at Pocahontas State Correctional Center, on the mindset of “prisonerism,” the idea that an incarcerated person is a second-class citizen.
Human Rights Held Hostage
An essay by Shaka Shakur, incarcerated at Beaumont Correctional Center.
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL INJUSTICE IN VIRGINIA
An essay by Kevin Rashid Johnson on the VDOC. This piece was written in support of the January 14 2023 Virginia Prison Justice Network Rally.
PRISONERS LIVES MATTER
A two-part report from Hassan Raashann Shabazz on the intolerable conditions of COVID quarantine at Dillwyn Correctional Center.
The Virginia Defender 