A student’s film examines a radio station that broadcasts messages of support to incarcerated people across Appalachia and takes aim at mass incarceration.
A bill to reform how prisoners are treated in solitary confinement has been voted into law with some new guidelines added, but without a cap on how long inmates can
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One of the most volatile topics in public safety relates to solitary confinement in Virginia prisons. Prisoner rights advocates have been pushing for years to end a practice which Virginia prison administrators say, technically, does not exist in our state. What they describe instead as “restorative housing” is the subject of a new report. Mandated this year by the general assembly and published on December first.
The Virginia Coalition on Solitary Confinement was also assigned as a partner to study the restorative housing program and determine how to safely curb use of the practice. But the coalition pulled out of the research and issued its own report. Citing a refusal by corrections officials to allow outside oversight of the research. In fact, they say that the lack of oversight of daily prison practices can mean life or death for the incarcerated. And can impact all of us when prisoners are released into society.
In January, the Virginia Prison Justice Network will hold