💪🏽 Help Stop Ongoing Abuse, Neglect & Retaliation. Make Calls Now.

If you have capacity, we encourage you to make multiple calls—or cover more than two cases per call. Officials must hear that this is not isolated abuse but a widespread crisis.

Even one call makes a difference. Multiple calls build pressure. Every voice counts.

☎️ WHO TO CALL

• Chadwick Dotson – Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC)
  📞 (804) 887-8080
• Warden David Anderson – Wallens Ridge State Prison
  📞 (276) 796-3536
• Warden Jeffery Artrip – Red Onion State Prison
  📞 (276) 524-3667
• Ombudsman Andrea Sapone – Virginia DOC Oversight & Complaints
  📞 (804) 625-3255

📋 GENERAL SCRIPT STRUCTURE

“Hello, I’m calling about multiple prisoners experiencing serious abuse at Red Onion and Wallens Ridge State Prisons.

First, [Name], who [brief summary of abuse].

Second, [Name], who [brief summary of abuse].

I’m demanding specific actions to address these harms. This is part of a broader pattern, and I will continue calling until these demands are met. Thank you.”

🔊 CALL SCRIPTS – CASE GROUPS

Feel free to read these verbatim, or mix and match.

🔹🔹 SCRIPT A: Ekong Eshiet + Randy Lassiter

“Hi, I’m calling about multiple prisoners.
First, Ekong Eshiet (#1842654) set himself on fire on September 15, 2024, to protest racist and religious harassment. After a hunger strike demanding transfer within Virginia, he was shipped to Indiana without his property. Guards mocked his trauma, denied burn care, and served him food with gum/spit on October 28, 2024. In an October 23 interview, he said: ‘I’ll set my whole body on fire before I stay here. I would rather die than endure this torture.’
I demand:

• Immediate transfer to a trauma-informed mental health facility in Indiana
• Full health access, outdoor recreation, and phone calls
• Investigation into food contamination
• Return of all confiscated property
• Written update on his transfer status

Second, Randy Lassiter (#1490582) at Wallens Ridge. Guards called him the n-word and assaulted him on March 18—his birthday. After winning a $25,000 lawsuit against DOC, he’s being charged $25/day on false infractions. His pre-diabetic shoes and legal dictionary were taken, and he was given a cracked video call screen.

I demand:

1. Immediate transfer to a mental health pod in a safe facility in or near Virginia
2. Return of all confiscated items
3. Full restoration of functional phone and video access
4. Cessation of fabricated charges and refund of all unjust fees
5. Investigation into financial retaliation for his lawsuit

🔹 SCRIPT B: Roy Moffett + Bartholomew Sebrell

“Hello, I’m calling about two prisoners.
First, Roy Moffett (#2129702) had his face broken by COs. Denied power until he signed a no self-harm agreement, he’s now in a cell without a bed. He has untreated MRSA sores in his mouth, causing starvation, spreading infection, and extreme self-harm (deep arm cuts) and suicidal ideation.
I demand:

• Immediate transfer to reentry
• Medical treatment for MRSA, nerve damage, and mental health
• Fire/charge Sgt. Hall, COs Fields, and Rosenbaum

Second, Bartholomew Sebrell (#1489943) was assaulted by Sgt. Hall, COs Cochrane, and Miller—who held a knife to his throat and labeled him a child molester.
I demand:

• Criminal charges and termination of all three officers.”

🔹 SCRIPT C: Raven Blackheart + Michael Goumenis

“Hi, I’m calling about two urgent cases.
First, Raven Blackheart (#1918138), a transgender woman, is forced to walk to showers in underwear, harassed, and denied reentry despite having <1 year left. She attempted suicide on March 12.
I demand:

• Immediate transfer to reentry
• End forced shower humiliation

Second, Michael Goumenis (#1178004) has had an untreated ear infection for over 18 months. On March 11, he suffered what appears to be a poisonous spider bite. His chin swelled, bled, and formed a one-inch-deep wound. PA Holbrook punctured the wound with no anesthesia and failed to provide antibiotics.
I demand:

• An independent medical evaluation
• Immediate disciplinary action against PA Holbrook.”

🔹 SCRIPT D: Austin Arocho + Isaac Montoya + January 21 Stabbing

“Hello, I’m calling about multiple prisoners.
First, Austin Arocho (#1953748) at Red Onion. In June 2023, he set himself on fire after being starved by guards. In January 2024, he was slapped with a retaliatory felony charge (‘destruction of property with an explosive device’) to punish his protest. Austin has a mental health diagnosis, is suicidal, and has been denied phone access—his mother has heard from him once in weeks.
I demand:

• Immediate restoration of phone access
• Written documentation of his legal status
• Transfer to a mental health pod
• Drop all retaliatory charges!

Second, Isaac Montoya (#2155033) at Red Onion has suffered untreated scabies for 18 months. PA Holbrook refuses to treat him despite a dermatologist’s diagnosis. He was told to ‘catch a specimen in a jar’ and retaliatorily placed in a feces-covered cell.
I demand:

• Prescription of Ivermectin and antibiotics
• Daily bedding/towel changes
• Disciplinary action against PA Holbrook and sanitation staff
• Investigation into retaliation

Third, on January 21, multiple witnesses saw guards stab a prisoner in C-POD at Red Onion.
I demand:

• A full investigation
• Criminal prosecution of all correctional officers involved

📧 EMAIL OFFICIALS IN ONE CLICK

Want to send a full email to all the key officials? Use this link:
👉 bit.ly/april-red-onion-1

🗒️ OPTIONAL: TRACK YOUR CALLS

If you can, write down:

• Who you called
• The date/time
• What you said
• Any response

This helps organizers follow up and document public pressure.

THANK YOU FOR RAISING YOUR VOICE

This system depends on silence. Your call interrupts that. Keep calling. Keep sharing. Every single voice matters.