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Protect Ekong Eshiet (IDOC #304103) – Demand Emergency Action 🚨 Retaliation Continues Against Ekong Eshiet (IDOC #304103) — Public Pressure Still Urgently Needed ℹ️ How this campaign page works to protect Ekong This campaign is part of UPROAR — Uniting Prisoners’ Relatives Organizing Against Repression, sparked by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson’s 2024 call to organize a […]
Demand Justice for Troy “Blocko” Claiborne Demand Justice for Troy “Blocko” Claiborne Update (June 29 2025): X-ray results from Apr 18 remain undisclosed; Troy’s 60-day phone ban is still in effect last we heard; the same officers work his unit. He fears further retaliation as evidence deadlines near. 🔍 Case Summary Apr 17 2025 | […]
📵 Red Onion Kiosk Outage – Take Action Now Virginia Department of Corrections via FOIA requestA screenshot of text messages to and from David Anderson (in blue), the warden of Red Onion State Prison, regarding a self-burning incident at the prison. 📵 Red Onion Kiosk Outage – Take Action Now Since April 16, 2025, the […]
On the airfield I was switched to SC restraints, where I was almost hogtied. I was cuffed by the wrists bent at the waist and squatting with my wrists connected by a chain to shackles on my ankles.
In this cramped position I was hoisted into another steel-lined van that had the factory-installed seatbelts removed. I had no way of maintaining leverage as the convoy raced through traffic with lights flashing and sirens blaring like we were in a high-speed chase. Inside, I was bounced violently off the van’s steel surfaces.
At one point my body slammed into the van’s front wall against my left leg. Something along the length of the lower extremity popped. It felt like a bone broke.
URGENT: Shaka Shakur (#1996207) needs THOUSANDS of emails sent TODAY to force Virginia officials to act.
This week, we escalate pressure on Red Onion and Wallens Ridge State Prisons, where systemic abuse and retaliation against incarcerated people continue unchecked. Ekong Eshiet and Randy Lassiter are two of over a dozen prisoners enduring torture—your voice can stop this.
