The Poor People's Campaign
Virginia is deeply racist and its democracy is flawed both economically and socially. A Black revolution is much more than a struggle for the rights of “negroes”. It is forcing America to face all its inter-related flaws: racism, poverty, militarism, and materialism. It is exposing evils that are rooted deeply in the whole structure of our society. It reveals systemic rather than superficial flaws and suggest that radical reconstruction of society itself is the issue to be
VAPAC (Virginia Prison Accountability Committee) Statement
(Statement read at the Roanoke Speak Out for Prison Justice event on 6/23/2018) Minds and hearts in the work to hold Prison Officials Accountable---Greetings. VAPAC [Virginia Prisons Accountability Committee] and Red Onion State Prison Front salutes you. Prisoners in the Virginia prison system front as systems across the nation have resolute chronicles of struggles to hold prison officials accountable and despite the intensity, despite formulations of hard-won concessions, th
A Prisoner of Conscience
I’m writing you all this statement from Solitary Confinement where I’ve been for forty-six days. I’ve been locked in this room for nearly 2 months because I had the audacity to want humane prison conditions for me and my fellow prisoners. And because of this -- because I dared to request with a transfer to a higher security level and placed in solitary. The conditions that we were trying to improve were medical care, water quality, law library services, general maintenance
I am from Roanoke, a Vet, and a Prisoner
To all the public that this concerns: Hello, my name is Daryl Thomas, better know to the state as #1532856. I attended school in Roanoke and finished it there. I am a US Air Force vet, father of 9 beautiful, smart, and loving kids. I am currently doing a 15 year sentence at Augusta Correctional in Craigsville, VA. This was my first time being in any trouble, or rather accused of any. I believe that I was unfairly treated by the so called justice system to get to where I am
Roanoke Speak Out for Justice Statement
Peace to U all! & thank U all for being in attendance. It has been said that silence is betrayal! And the fact U all are out there showing support/being vocal for the ones who can not speak is a beautiful thing!! It brings me great pleasure to knowing we are waking up, in dealing with this penitentiary complex. Which serves the same purpose as the auction blocks of yesteryear. Our families are being ripped apart right in front of our eyes. Our families are growing disfunction
