Category: Prisoner Essays

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PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL INJUSTICE IN VIRGINIA

By The Virginia Defender on February 25, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

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

By The Virginia Defender on July 5, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A two-part report from Hassan Raashann Shabazz on the intolerable conditions of COVID quarantine at Dillwyn Correctional Center.

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PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL INJUSTICE IN VIRGINIA

PRISONERS LIVES MATTER

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