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Prison Environments
“Prison Environments.” This was recorded on April 6, 2026. There are no shortage of issues needing investigation and resolution in the Virginia DOC. Bad policy, mismanagement at every level, corruption across the board, unchecked punishments… Full Transcript
Failed Medical Care by Policy
Today is March 9th, it is a Monday. There are a dozen and more deficiencies that represent the Virginia Department of Corrections and its Virginia Model: Dangerous overcrowding of its prisons, all of which are substandard… Full Transcript
VADOC Decades of Failure
Update: More Virginia model examples of decades of failure. Today is February 23, 2026. We have more updates from inside the Virginia Department of Correction. And it must be said, the destruction being perpetrated by… Full Transcript
Anything Goes
You got to remember, man, Trump began his [unintelligible] by saying, “Climate change is a hoax.” Once you take that road and suggest that all of the change that we’re seeing isn’t happening, then it opens… Full Transcript
False Charges and Manufacturing Crimes
False Charges and Manufacturing Crimes: A Virginia Model. Today is December 30, 2025. I have previously reported about the Virginia Department of Corrections staff issuing false charges, most often as a form of retaliation. It… Full Transcript
The Virginia Model: Retaliation and Retribution
Today is November 5th, 2025. It is a hallmark of the Virginia DOC, a staple of The Virginia Model; retaliation and retribution dished out by the lackeys, approved, often ordered by the administrators. One of… Full Transcript
The Virginia Model Enabling Abuse
Hello. This is the “Virginia Model Enabling Abuse.” Today is August 18. It’s a Monday. The Virginia Department of Corrections cannot hide or avoid what it has become, a bastion for state employees whose behavior… Full Transcript
Virginia: State of Wrongful Conviction, Part 2
Virginia a travesty of wrongful convictions – Part Two. Today is April 8. My name is David Annarelli, contributing writer with the Prison Journalism Project. As I have frequently reported, Virginia has the highest rate… Full Transcript
VADOC Being Exposed
This is the Red Onion update. My name is David Annarelli, contributing writer at Prison Journalism Project. Today is March 28, 2025. On March 26, 2025, during both the 5pm and 6pm news broadcasts, News… Full Transcript
Virginia Parole Corruption
My name is David Annarelli, 1853637, journalist, contributing writer to Prison Journalism Project, currently housed at Lawrenceville, in the Virginia Department of Corruption. In 2024, approximately 3600 discretionary parole eligible prisoners were denied, in fact,… Full Transcript
Virgina Guards At Remote Prisons Not Criminally Charged. Why?
On Jan 28, 2025 three guards at Virginia’s Greensville Correctional Center were reported as having been criminally charged for violent assaults on prisoners.1 Greensville is one of VA’s predominantly Black-staffed prisons that houses medium security… Full Transcript
All On The Record
Hello. My name is David Annarelli, Virginia Department of Corrections, number 1853637. This piece is entitled “All on the Record”. On September 24, 2016, I was the victim of Floyd County Deputy Alicia Akers, who… Full Transcript
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
The Mirror
Hi. This is Mr. Jenkins from Corcoran State Prison. Today’s topic will be “The Man in the Mirror.” The reason why I picked this topic is because in the prison system, we have a lot of… Full Transcript
The Yard
Hi, this is a Raymond Jenkins for this week, April 17, 2024, and I’m in the Corcoran State Prison. Today’s topic is I’m going to talk about, a little bit, about safety for prisoners in… Full Transcript
Waiting For My Turn
This essay is called, “Waiting For My Turn” by Reginald Sinclair Lewis. Some of us have read and seen local or national news reports about the brilliant behind-the-scenes work of Innocence Projects that led to… Full Transcript
Wrongful Conviction
My name is Joseph Patrice Brown. I’ve been on Mississippi death row for 31 years, wrongfully convicted and sentenced for the murder of Martha Day, a store clerk in August 8, 1992. My live-in girlfriend… Full Transcript
Update
I have updates.I’ve asked for paperwork from my attorney, Miss Jackie. And I’ve been asking for a detainer, or a warrant: proof of a detainer or a warrant that they had to take me into… Full Transcript
A Prayer
This is Minnesota inmate #210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice fighting to be heard. I only want you, the listeners, to hear me. I’m endeavoring yet again to be heard.… Full Transcript

This is part one of the lecture “Letter to the Coleman Law Firm About Corruption in Lancaster Prison,” by General Divine Minister Sinque-El. On 5/9/2026 I was called into the day room at 10:30am to… Full Transcript