Extreme Abuse at Red Onion
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“I Set Myself on Fire” Statement by Demtrius Wallace Read by Kevin Rashid Johnson
Propaganda and Red Onion State Prison
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
The public can’t believe anything Virginia Prison officials tell them. Lies about dog attacks. In an August 1st, 2021, article about two lawsuits filed by Virginia prisoners who had been mauled by prison attack dogs,… Full Transcript
Prisoners Treated Worse Than Dogs
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
On April 2, 2024 at Virginia Sussex 1 State Prison, Ribbon, a prison attack dog, was killed. He was allegedly stabbed to death by a Latino prisoner who the dog had been turned loose on… Full Transcript
Gang Wars to Race Wars
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
From gang wars to race wars, officials continue to manufacture gang violence in Virginia prisons. In a 2023 article, I outlined how officials manufactured gangs in Virginia’s remote supermax prisons, Red Onion and Wallens Ridge,… Full Transcript
Why Was My Neighbor Tear Gassed?
Self Immolation in Virginia Prisons
Fourth of You Lie
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
This is the Fourth Of You Lie, by Kevin Rashid Johnson. You called it Independence Day.Oh my, how you lie. Cuz’ Black folks were still slaves on that day in July. If taxation without representation… Full Transcript
If There Were No Police
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
If there were no police, there would be more peace, No more violent deceased, the violence would cease. This ain’t fantasy, it’s fact. With their feet on our back, The pigs are the ones holding… Full Transcript
This is Assata
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Every little girl should know her name. From the bowels of repression and calamity, she came. Wrung poetic lyrics of love from raw pain. From a system designed to break, she remained untamed, gave herself… Full Transcript
Cell Blocks: Young, Gifted, and Black
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
This is “Cell Blocks Full of Young, Gifted, and Black,” by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson. If ever you want to discover a place of boundless treasure, where sisters and brothers can be found with talents beyond… Full Transcript
Earth’s Wretched Breaks Free
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
The Earth’s Wretched break free. Forgotten. He’ll be gotten. Of lowly birth. High and most, hated most, The Wretched of the Earth. Called the criminal element, irrelevant to the power elite. By them unprotected, but… Full Transcript
Black Woman and Man United
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Who’s been the key to our survival since our arrival on western shoresIn scores of slave ship holdsUnder the whip to be sold,But now, when told history is flipped to deny her role,Her very soul… Full Transcript
Racism Dies With Capitalism
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Race is an invention of social prison; of artificial division to oppress separated into ranks that race for first place in a caste system based on the color of one’s face; created by those in… Full Transcript
Israel: A Society of Human Shields
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
The Zionists kill Palestinian childrenclaim a terrorist attack from behind civiliansYet they created Israeluse it as a whole society of human shieldsA nation of settlers where Jewish identity is used with impunity to wieldviolence, genocide,… Full Transcript
SPOTLIGHT ON VIRGINIA PRISONS
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
WHY VIRGINIA’S REMOTE PRISONS NEED TO BE PUBLICLY EXPOSED AND CLOSED (2024) By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson CULTIVATING SECRECY IN VA PRISONS Virginia officials have always tried to hide what happens inside their prisons from the public.… Full Transcript
How Prison Officials Manufactured Gangs (text)
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Gang Wars In Virginia’s Prisons (2024) No Virginia Prison Gangs Before 2004 With the prevalence of youth lumpen organizations (so called street gangs) in Virginia today, it’s hard to believe that there were actually no… Full Transcript
Blue Lies Matter: How Courts Protect Abusive Cops and Prison Guards (Text 2023)
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson A Cop Violates Your Rights and Home Consider this: In the dead of night while you and your kids are sleeping in bed, a uniformed cop breaks out your back window,… Full Transcript
Militarized Virginia Prison Guards Believe Amerika Was Fighting Space Aliens In Afghanistan (Text 2023)
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson I had an experience that illustrated for me just how psychotic these right-wing military types are. The ones who work in rural prisons and police forces in particular. The fearful thing… Full Transcript
Virginia Prisons Defy New State Law Against Solitary Confinement (Text – 2023)
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson There was much fanfare about a new Virginia law that went into effect on Mach 23, 2023 that set specific limits on the use of solitary confinement in Virginia prisons. (1)… Full Transcript