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Prison exist because of Law vapac EXISTS to organize & ensure the DOC complies with laws & follow policy Lets stand to make Prisons transparent & accountable ⛓
Virginia Prisons Accountability Committee: I DEDICATE THIS SONG, CRAZY BALDHEAD by @bobmarley TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND ITS ENABLER POLITICIAN ALLIES By William Thorpe youtu.be/k34boxNrqL8?si… vapac.blogspot.com/2025/07/i-dedi…
What does a person who once served federal prison time (me!) have in common with a former Acting Director of the Bureau of Prisons? More than you'd expect. Read my op-ed with my @CouncilonCJ colleague #HughHurwitz in @thehill. thehill.com/opinion/crimin…
Billy Blake spent 25+ years in solitary at a Shawangunk County facility in NY. This is torture—not justice. #SolitaryNoMoreVA #UnlocktheBox #IAHRDC #NRCAT #PrisonReform #SolitaryConfinementIsTorture #SolitaryIsTorture #CriminalJustice #CriminalJusticeReform #SecondChancea
Thank you to the Midlothian LWCC for inviting me to speak. I appreciated the chance to share legislative updates and talk about the importance of supporting candidates up and down the ballot and getting people out to vote. Grateful for your engagement and commitment to our…
Enough is ENOUGH! 💥 So what do we have to do?! At every turn, it feels like discouragement is waiting to greet us. Excuses fly left and right when it comes to their responsibilities—but let one of our loved ones miss a deadline or speak out, and suddenly they’re held to the…
How @johnlegend Gives His All hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/life… via @thr
Voices from Solitary: Inside the Hole - @solitarywatch solitarywatch.org/2025/07/22/ins…
Nearly a hundred unmarked graves of incarcerated Black boys might get recognition after 150 years whro.org/2025-07-21/nea…
Virginia Prisons Accountability Committee: THE PEOPLE OF #VIRGINIA AND THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION'S WESTERN REGION By William Thorpe vapac.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-pe…
Virginia Prisons Accountability Committee: #VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR DANNY DIGGS, YORK COUNTY--SAID, PAROLE WASN'T WORKING, IMPLYING THATS WHY IT WAS ABOLISHED. I RESPOND: IS IMPRISONMENT WORKING? By William Thorpe vapac.blogspot.com/2025/07/virgin…
Henry Gorham Jr, who fought decades for parole, dies at #Virginia's Greensville #prison - goo.gl/alerts/zrvb31 #GoogleAlerts
One of the first things #GovernorGlennYoungkin did in 2022 was an executive order investigating the previous Virginia parole board for allegedly violating its own protocols. Well in 2025 another violation caused the death of Henry Bo Billy Gorham Jr. @GovernorGlenn we are waiting
Inmates are using contraband cell phones to coordinate criminal activity inside & outside of prisons, #Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said Friday as he pushed for federal legislation allowing states to jam the devices inside correctional facilities nwaonline.com/news/2025/jul/…
Muslim inmate who won US Supreme Court beard case claims retaliatory transfer by #Arkansas officials apnews.com/article/muslim…
To those Virginians who have carved and existence, made a life of scapegoating the #Virginia prisoner, you got your pound of flesh, In Memory of Henry "Bo Billy" Gorham Jr. ( circa 2025)
Two Former #WestVirginia Southern Regional Jail Officers Sentenced for Inmate Death in Civil Rights Case wvnews.com/news/wvnews/tw… via @WVNews247
