Hello, my name is [NAME]. I’m calling about James Glass, a 70-year-old disabled man now incarcerated at River North Correctional Center after being transferred from Keen Mountain. Public reporting by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson described severe disability neglect at Keen Mountain. After UPROAR shared his story and supporters called, VADOC moved Mr. Glass out of Keen Mountain. But Mr. Glass has now said in recorded updates that his situation at River North is worse, not better. He says he needs intensive physical therapy, has not been moved into appropriate handicap-accessible housing, and after 25 days still had not been put somewhere he could get into a shower and was washing up in the sink. Please route this concern to Warden Frederick E. Russell, Jr., the Facility ADA Coordinator, medical leadership, and classification staff. My request is simple: transfer James Glass immediately to Deerfield, Beaumont, or another medical and disability-accessible VADOC placement capable of meeting his needs. While transfer is pending, provide immediate ADA accommodations, including accessible shower access, safe housing, effective mobility assistance, physical therapy evaluation, wheelchair or appropriate mobility evaluation, recreation access, visitation access, religious-program access, library/program access, and pain-management review. Please document this call as an urgent ADA, Rehabilitation Act, medical-care, elder-safety, and humane-placement concern.

Hello, my name is [NAME]. I’m calling about James Glass, a 70-year-old disabled man now incarcerated at River North Correctional Center after being transferred from Keen Mountain. This is an urgent disability-access and medical-placement issue. Public pressure already helped force VADOC to move Mr. Glass out of Keen Mountain, but the move did not get him to real care. Mr. Glass says he still has not received the intensive physical therapy he needs, has not been moved into appropriate handicap-accessible housing, and after 25 days still had not been placed somewhere he could get into a shower. Moving him from Keen Mountain to River North did not solve the ADA problem. I’m asking your office to intervene immediately and ensure that VADOC transfers Mr. Glass to Deerfield, Beaumont, or another medical/disability-accessible placement, provides interim accommodations while transfer is pending, and preserves all related ADA, medical, grievance, classification, transfer, public-pressure, and staff-communication records. Please document this as an urgent disability-access, medical-placement, and elder-safety concern.

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Urgent: James Glass at River North Needs Medical Transfer and ADA Access Now

Dear VADOC officials and Governor Spanberger’s Constituent Services Office, I am writing with urgent concern for James Glass, a 70-year-old disabled man now incarcerated at River North Correctional Center after being transferred from Keen Mountain Correctional Center. Public reporting by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson described severe disability neglect at Keen Mountain, including diabetic neuropathy, severe lumbar stenosis, constant nerve pain, lack of wheelchair-accessible conditions, and inability to access showers, outside recreation, library, religious programs, visitation, and necessary medical/disability accommodations. After UPROAR shared Mr. Glass’s story and supporters called VADOC, he was moved out of Keen Mountain. But Mr. Glass has now stated in recorded calls that he was transferred to River North soon after that article, and that his situation is worse, not better. He states that he still has not received the intensive physical therapy he needs, that he was told Deerfield or Beaumont were being pursued because his medical status had been changed, that he has been placed in a pod without handicap showers, and that after 25 days he still had not been put somewhere he could get into a shower and was washing up in the sink. This is an ADA, Rehabilitation Act, medical-care, elder-safety, and humane-placement emergency. Moving Mr. Glass from one inaccessible Western Region prison to another does not resolve the disability neglect. Public pressure already forced one move. Now VADOC must move him to real care. I am asking VADOC and the Governor’s office to act immediately to: 1. Transfer James Glass to Deerfield Correctional Center, Beaumont Correctional Center, or another VADOC medical/disability-accessible placement capable of meeting his mobility, medical, therapeutic, shower, visitation, recreation, and program-access needs. 2. Move him immediately, while transfer is pending, into housing with accessible showers, safe mobility conditions, and staff-supported access to daily needs. 3. Provide immediate ADA and medical reassessment, including wheelchair/mobility evaluation, fall-risk assessment, pain-management review, and physical-therapy evaluation by a provider appropriate to his nerve damage and mobility limitations. 4. Restore meaningful access to showers, recreation, visitation, religious programs, library, communication, and available activities. 5. Preserve all records related to his transfer from Keen Mountain, medical classification, ADA accommodation requests, physical-therapy requests, shower access, housing placement, grievances, staff communications, public-pressure calls, and any records reflecting whether Keen Mountain or River North can meet his disability needs. 6. Prohibit retaliation against Mr. Glass, Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, family members, outside advocates, or prisoner witnesses for raising this issue. Please treat this as urgent. Mr. Glass should not remain trapped in an inaccessible prison pod without a handicap shower, without appropriate physical therapy, and without medical/disability placement that can meet his basic needs. Sincerely, [Name] [City/State, optional]

PUBLIC PRESSURE MOVED JAMES GLASS — NOW VADOC MUST MOVE HIM TO CARE. After UPROAR shared James Glass’s story and supporters called, VADOC moved him out of Keen Mountain. But James says he was moved to River North instead of the medical/disability-accessible placement he needs. He says River North is worse. He says he still has not seen a physical therapist. He says he is in a pod without handicap showers. After 25 days, he said he still could not get into a shower and had been washing up in the sink. Public pressure worked once. Now we need to force the right transfer. Demand: transfer James Glass to Deerfield, Beaumont, or another medical/disability-accessible facility now. Take action: bit.ly/james-glass-kmcc