prison struggles

Virginia prisoner exposes racist use of attack dogs in remote prisons
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Racialized abuses of attack dogs persist in remote Virginia prisons

August 12, 2026 fwstaff
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson On December 11, 2025, the Virginia Mercury followed up on a July 2022 Business Insider investigation and report on abuses of attack dogs inside U.S. prisons, with an article on continued […]
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Double amputee beaten, tortured and terrorized for over a decade in Virginia prisons

February 3, 2026 fwstaff
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson The inhumanity of Virginia’s prisons knows no limits. The experiences of Neil Lyness aka Turbo proves the case. Neil is a double-amputee who lost his left arm and left leg in […]
Lakeland Correctional Facility
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Prison Suspends Feeding in Crowded Dining Hall During COVID-19 Crisis

April 27, 2020 fwstaff
By Efrén Paredes, Jr. After publicly making repeated warnings about the danger of feeding people in crowded prison dining halls at tables less than two feet apart during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lakeland Correctional Facility (LCF) […]
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Santa Rita jail conditions worsen after prisoners’ strike

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee – Oakland Three weeks after a weeklong work stoppage and hunger strike inside Santa Rita Jail, conditions inside the Dublin, California facility have worsened and prisoners are suffering retaliation for […]