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VADOC Decades of Failure
David Annarelli
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
Stabbing at River North Correctional Center
Sean Christopher Galloway
This is Sean Galloway, ex-Bay. C h i i i r p. I’m calling from River North Correctional Prison in Western Virginia, Western Region, Virginia, on 11/17/ 2025. An officer was killed here by the… Full Transcript
Update: The Virginia DOC and Solidarity with Don Lemon
David Annarelli
Update: The Virginia Department of Corrections. Today is February 2, 2026. It’s a Monday. This is another update regarding the Virginia DOC. We recently reported a couple weeks ago about the tennis ball incident here… Full Transcript
Witnessing Abuse is Psychological Punishment
Kirby Sichtchorn
In America, especially in Virginia, everyone knows prison has become about retribution; vengeance based punishment, and has absolutely nothing to do with restoration, with intent to heal a person or a community. One of the… Full Transcript
Open Letter to Mike Jones
David Annarelli
This is an open letter to Virginia Senator Mike Jones. Today is January 26, 2026. Senator Mike Jones is one of Virginia’s General Assembly members and at the forefront of addressing the issues of abuse… Full Transcript
Resilience, Part 2
David Annarelli
Back to the resilience of captives in departments of corruption such as myself within the illegitimate Virginia Department of Corrections. You’d be surprised to know just how opposite two people can be and still agree… Full Transcript
Resilience
David Annarelli
Resilience. If there is one word that I’ve had used to describe my last decade of incarceration, it has been resilience. Yes, I’ve been resilient. Resilient, through an assault on my person by Virginia state… Full Transcript
Accessibility Issues
Kirby Sichtchorn
Hello, I’m an inmate at Haynesville Correctional Center, and I’ve been for a few years. I’d like to report an issue that includes treatment of Staff Operations at this level two, etc. I’m concerned for… Full Transcript
Red Onion Self-Immolation Investigation: Virgina DOC Farce
David Annarelli
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
Trans Discrimination
David Firewalker-Fields
My name is David Firewalker-Fields. I am the plaintiff in Firewalker-Fields v. Lee. I’ve been a DOC inmate since 2005. Been a hearing impaired inmate since 2019. I was approved for multiple accessories, including a… Full Transcript
False Charges and Manufacturing Crimes
David Annarelli
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
Lack of Support for Neurodiversity in VADOC
Kirby Sichtchorn
I’m an inmate at Hainesville Correctional Center and have been for over three years. I’m calling in regarding issues of mental health here, even though almost all things in life involve it. Some key points… Full Transcript
Double Amputee Beaten and Tortured in Virginia Prisons
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Double amputee, beaten, tortured and terrorized for over a decade in Virginia’s prisons. The inhumanity of Virginia’s prisons knows no limits. The experiences of Neil Lyness also known as Turbo, proves the case. Neil is… Full Transcript
The Virginia Model: Bait and Switch Equals Overt Deciet
David Annarelli
The “Virginia Model: Bait and Switch Equals Overt Deceit.” December 22, 2025. For decades, Virginia and its Department of Corrections have been known for every constitutional and human rights violation under the sun. In recent… Full Transcript
The Virginia Model: Retaliation and Retribution
David Annarelli
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: Severe Discrepancies and Deprivations of Mental Health
David Annarelli
This is “The Virginia Model: Severe Discrepancies and Deprivations of Mental Health.” Today is October 31st. As everyone knows, there has been a long history of problems in the Virginia Department of Corruptions. And just… Full Transcript
Escalating Psychological Violence
David Annarelli
This is the Virginia Model: “Escalating Psychological Violence.” Today is October 17, 2025. As I’ve recently reported, there are a number of problems occurring within the Virginia Department of Corrections. I myself have, for 10… Full Transcript
The Virginia Model in Plain Words
David Annarelli
This is “The Virginia Model in Plain Words.” Today is September 2nd, it’s a Tuesday. The Virginia Model, that is the phrase thrown around by Chadwick Dodson, Director of Virginia’s notorious Department of Corrections. Others… Full Transcript
The Virginia Model Enabling Abuse
David Annarelli
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
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