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Being Transgender in a Man’s Prison
Calipree Farthingale
Hi, my name is Calipree and I’m a transgender female in a men’s prison. Ever since I got arrested in September 2020, I was forced to choose which race to gang up with. I am gay… Full Transcript
The Virginia Model: Threats to Safety (Part 3)
David Annarelli
Hello, this is Virginia DOC Lawrenceville, the Virginia Model: Threats to Safety (Part 3). Today is July 21, 2025. It’s a Monday. The concerns about safety and well-being are widespread across Virginia Department of Corrections.… Full Transcript
Virgina Guards At Remote Prisons Not Criminally Charged. Why?
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
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
8 Days In Medical With No Food
Faluch Bigsby
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
Interview with Ekong’s Mother (Martha Pritchard)
Ekong Eshiet
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
Self Immolation in Virginia Prisons
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
On September 15, 2024, a young African man, Ekong Eshiet and his cellmate Trayvon Brown, set themselves on fire at Virginia’s remote supermax Red Onion State Prison. Ekong suffered third degree burns along his legs… Full Transcript
S.T.R.I.P Campaign
Nichole Monique Quinones
Hi, my name is Nicole Monique Quinones, I’m a trans female, housed in an all male facility at SCI Fayette. In 2021, at SCI Albion in Pennsylvania, an all male facility, I was raped and… Full Transcript
In Solitary Confinement
Christopher “Naeem” Trotter
My name is Christopher Trotter. I’m calling from inside the belly of the beast at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. I served 20 years in solitary confinement. And I just wanted to share something with you… Full Transcript
Acceptance
Lisa Strawn
Lisa Strawn, CMS Vacaville, “Acceptance.” Currently where I am and who I am, I’m not accepted for anything. Being a trans woman in a man’s prison, I’m not entitled to acceptance. The reality of acceptance… Full Transcript
Death Row in California: No Mo’
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Everything new, it used to be said, comes from California. Perhaps not everything, but a federal district court has just ruled that the death penalty as practiced in the Golden State is unconstitutional in light… Full Transcript
Interview With Albert Woodfox (2005)
Albert Woodfox
Albert Woodfox: My name is Albert Woodfox. My African name is [inaudible]. I’ve been housed in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola since 1971, which is approximately about 34 years. Well, basically since I was put… Full Transcript
In a recent report on WRIC, The Virginia DOC was exonerated of all wrongdoing regarding the people who set themselves on fire; the captives who set themselves on fire at Red Onion prison. This is… Full Transcript