UPROAR Uncovers New Details About Wallens Ridge Guard Charged in Federal Civil Rights Case

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David McMurray indictment: Wallens Ridge guard charged The David McMurray indictment alleges that Wallens Ridge State Prison correctional officer David McMurray violated 18 U.S.C. § 242 (deprivation of rights under color of law), alleging he used handcuffs to repeatedly strike an incarcerated person in the head on June 18, 2022. The case surfaced publicly in […]

DOUBLE AMPUTEE BEATEN, TORTURED AND TERRORIZED FOR OVER A DECADE IN VIRGINIA PRISONS (2025)

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By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson The inhumanity of Virginia’s prisons knows no limits. The experiences of Neil Lyness aka Turbo proves the case. Neil is a double-amputee who lost his left arm and left leg in a motorcycle accident. He’s been confined since 2012, where he spent 3 years in a Va Beach jail before being […]

Defend Kevin Johnson — Stop Legal Access Obstruction & Retaliation

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Defend Kevin “Rashid” Johnson – Stop Legal Access Obstruction & ICC Retaliation Kevin Johnson (VADOC #1007485 / SCDC #397279), prison journalist and organizer held in South Carolina under the Interstate Corrections Compact (ICC). Defend Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Kevin Johnson reports legal-access obstruction and retaliation at Perry Correctional Institution in South Carolina. Virginia is the sending […]

Retaliation, Secrecy, and Deaths in Custody in Virginia’s Western Region Prisons: Evidence from River North, Red Onion, and Wallens Ridge State Prisons

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Protect Kenneth Evans – Witness at Risk After the Killing of Officer Jeremy Hall Protect Kenneth EvansWitness at Risk After the Killing of Officer Jeremy Hall 🚦 Quick Start — How to use this page Short on time? Do Oversight Email → DOC Contact Form → Calls (including your legislators) → Report Back. You can […]

“Heard, Not Helped”: Our Meeting with Virginia’s Governor-Elect on Prison Abuse

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Key Points On October 31, 2025, a coalition of formerly incarcerated people, grieving families, and parole & prison reform advocates met privately with Abigail Spanberger’s gubernatorial campaign, now the governor-elect’s team. People described parole as functionally dead, conditions they experience as torture, and deaths in custody with no meaningful investigation. The campaign staffer offered empathy […]

A Death in a Closed System: How Virginia’s Prison Machinery Helped Create the Conditions That Killed Officer Jeremy Hall

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🚨 URGENT: Men inside are facing crisis right now — intervene today In the wake of Officer Jeremy Hall’s death, people inside Virginia’s Western Region prisons report a fast-escalating wave of retaliatory violence, chemical assaults, and information blackout — mirroring the summer surge of repression after a guard stabbing that preceded the death of Aubrey […]