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By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson If anyone needed further confirmation that Virgina’s top officials can’t be trusted to safely run the state’s prisons, their recently created policy of collective punishment proves the case. The policy is not just dangerous, it’s downright sinister. At Va’s notorious remote supermax prisons, Red Onion and Wallens Ridge, and their most […]
Protect Isaac Montoya — ICC Prisoner in Virginia • Stop Scabies Outbreak & Restore Vision Care Isaac Montoya (#2155033) is an ICC prisoner in Virginia held at Red Onion State Prison. After long-untreated scabies and vision loss, Virginians must act now to force full outbreak control and ophthalmology care. 🚦 Quick Start — How this […]
Cameron X. Harper before incarceration. Counselors documented full compliance and progress toward lower security prior to this incident. Cameron X. Harper was found guilty of a weapons charge after an Aug 5, 2025 knife-plant at Keen Mountain CC (appeal pending). An earlier Code 105 “assault” from May 20, 2024 at Greensville was overturned, yet it’s […]
Justice for Aubrey McKay – Stop the Torture We shouldn’t have to post this. Justice for Aubrey McKay demands our collective action. On June 4, 2025, Aubrey McKay died inside Wallens Ridge State Prison—reportedly beaten by correctional officers and left in ambulatory restraints. He never walked out. Now his family is trying to raise enough […]
Free Shaka Shakur – Take Action with UPROAR Help Free Shaka A. Shakur Shaka Shakur is a New Afrikan freedom fighter and grandfather who has spent more than two decades behind bars. The Free Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign is asking all supporters to flood Lake County (IN) Prosecutor Bernard Carter with respectful letters urging him […]
