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Best Case Scenario
Let me share with you what a “best case scenario” investigation and outcome into abuses at Red Onion would look like. I’ve seen it before, and it not only goes nowhere, but more deeply entrenches… Full Transcript
Congratulations Suzanne Ross
Suzanne Ross: My Journey to Become Anti-Zionist Full Transcript
ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN CHILD (Text)
by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson did you know the color of her eyes the texture of her hair did you know she was there did you even care incapable of harm an innocent new life a beacon of light to husband and wife her… Full Transcript
8 Days In Medical With No Food
Hello. This is Faluch Bigsby, the author of “God Uses Gangsters”. I am currently at Allen Correctional in Medical, and I wanted to tell you guys to pray for all the people in the prison… Full Transcript
State Legislature Describes Red Onion As Inhumane
A CALL TO ORGANIZE A PRISONER SUPPORT NETWORK COMPOSED OF PRISONERS’ LOVED ONES – PAPA (PEOPLE AGAINST PRISON ABUSE) (2024) (Text)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson In my experience, most times when people are abused in prison and report it to their loved ones on the outside, the response is either disbelief or the assumption that the… Full Transcript
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe joined the No More Death Row Movement. The southern African nation of Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia under Britain’s colonial rule, has recently done something remarkable. The nation of some 14 and a half… Full Transcript
ARE YOU AN INFORMANT? A QUESTION EVERY PRISONER TODAY MUST ASK THEMSELF (text only – 2024)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson It’s almost depressing how deeply snitch culture has become ingrained in today’s prison culture. Only a few decades ago, prisoners set specific limits on how we engaged with guards and refused… Full Transcript
Drowning
Hi. This is Larry Stromberg and I’m incarcerated at SCI Phoenix, and I’m gonna do a poem called Drowning. Drowning It’s a hell of a thing when you can’t breathe anymore. Think about George Floyd… Full Transcript
A Native American’s View of Virginia’s Red Onion Prison
Extreme Abuse at Red Onion State Prison
It’s extreme abuse. It’s, I mean, it’s pretty much blatant racism. It’s really, it’s really hard, I guess, for people on the outside to really understand the context of that environment. The culture that comes into… Full Transcript
Play Staging Announcement
Hey, this is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix, and I want to announce that my play [is] being staged in Georgia. The play’s entitled “Behind the Dark Gray Wall”. It’s going to be performed at the… Full Transcript
Prayer
Hey, how you guys doing? Well, this is Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. Today, I want to talk about prayer and putting out energy into the universe, because I believe energy is… Full Transcript
Shaped into a Diamond
This is Charles Carpenter. I’m currently incarcerated at Corcoran SATF [Substance Abuse Treatment Facility]. I’ve been incarcerated for 23 years. The title of this piece is called, “Shaped Into A Diamond.” Emerged from the trenches… Full Transcript
“I Set Myself on Fire” Statement by Demtrius Wallace Read by Kevin Rashid Johnson
Interview with Ekong’s Mother (Martha Pritchard)
Before being incarcerated at the Red Onion State Prison, June of this year, he was at the Wallens Ridge State Prison. December of 2023, he was in an altercation with another inmate. By the time the… Full Transcript
Election Day
The election is several weeks behind us. Yet why does it seem so close? So heavy upon the hearts of millions? It is at the very heart of the feeling of despair that follows like… Full Transcript
Golden Nuggets
This one is for the University of Michigan’s Prisoner Creative Arts Program. We call that “P-CAP.” It’s for the creative writing final I’m going to do here in two weeks. I call it, “Golden Nuggets.… Full Transcript
Word is Bond
Hey this is Knowledge Born God Allah, and this process is my word is bond. My word is bond that I brought the Five PercentNation of Gods and Earths to CDCR through the legitimate process… Full Transcript