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Hunger Strike Announcement
Ekong Eshiet
My name is Ekong Eshiet, State Number 304103. I’m currently incarcerated at Westville Correctional Facility in Westville, Indiana. My reason for doing this recording is because I want to notify y’all that as of tomorrow… Full Transcript
Abuses at Red Onion State Prison
Donnell Hickman
Today is December the 29th, 2024. My name is Donnell Hickman. I’m currently housed at Red Onion State Prison on long term segregation. I’ve been on long term segregation since October 4, 2023. When it… Full Transcript
State Legislature Describes Red Onion As Inhumane
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
During October 2024 I was able to pierce the veil of secrecy that surrounds Virginia’s remote super max prison, Red Onion State Prison, and the extreme abuses and racism that have plagued the prison since… Full Transcript
A Native American’s View of Virginia’s Red Onion Prison
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
A Native Americans Views of Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison. This is an exchange featured on [unclear]. During January 2024, I was transferred away from Virginia’s notoriously racist and abusive Red Onion State Prison. after… Full Transcript
Extreme Abuse at Red Onion State Prison
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
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
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
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
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
Hunger Strike and Self Immolation Update
Ekong Eshiet
I started my hunger strike Monday, October 21st. Once everybody refused a breakfast tray, the CO came to my door and said, “Why? Why you messing up the spot? This is a good spot.” He … 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
Bay View Censorship
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
Hi, this is Wilbert Sanders, as Jazz the Poet, with a piece I call “Organized Crime.” After reviewing the situation of race relations within and out this complex nation, the disenfranchised hold United States guilty… Full Transcript
Challenging Solitary at Red Onion State Prison
Kelvin Casey Canada
Hi, y’all. Kelvin Casey Canada, calling from Red Onion State Prison. The whole predicate of me calling is to inform the masses about the [unclear] of the A38 policy. This is a policy that is… Full Transcript
Noelle Hanrahan: How did you meet Rashid? Ekong Esheit: After I set myself on fire at Red Onion last year and I came back from the hospital, he was in Medical and he seen my… Full Transcript