Protect Shane Pollard – Stop Retaliation, OC Torture, K9 Abuse, and Deprivation (KMCC → Red Onion)

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Protect Shane Pollard – Stop Retaliation, OC/K9 Abuse, and Strip-Cell Deprivation (KMCC → Red Onion) Copied Shane Pollard (#1487792) is incarcerated at Red Onion State Prison (ROSP). In a mailed written testimony dated December 11, 2025, he reports a chain of retaliation beginning after a PREA complaint at Keen Mountain Correctional Center (KMCC), culminating 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 […]

Protect Javon “Baby Jay” Arrington – Stop Chemical Torture & Sexual Humiliation at Red Onion

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Protect Javon “Baby Jay” Arrington – Stop Chemical Torture & Sexual Humiliation at Red Onion Javon “Baby Jay” Arrington (#1421147), a young Black man held at Red Onion State Prison. On December 10, 2025, while the prison was on lockdown, he was reportedly thrown against a wall, stripped, beaten, and soaked in burning “O2” chemical […]

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 […]