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Tyquine Lee, 28, spent over 600 days in solitary at Red Onion prison in Virginia from 2016 to 2018.
Red Onion is a supermax prison treated as an end of the line facility within the penal system.
61,000 adults and children are held in segregation in US prisons, according to the most recent data.
When Takeisha Brown finally got to visit her son, Tyquine Lee, at the Red Onion State Prison, Virginia, she didn t recognize him. I saw someone that wasn t my son. He was just so small. He was rambling in numbers. He had a language of his own.
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, seated center, signs a bill abolishing the death penalty, surrounded by legislators and activists at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., on March 24, 2021.Photo: Steve Helber/APVirginia Gov. Ralph Northam, seated center, signs a bill abolishing the death penalty, surrounded by legislators and activists at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., on March 24, 2021.Photo: Steve Helber/AP
The Long Shadow of Virginiaâs Death Penalty
Virginia made history when it abolished capital punishment. But for those who were proximate to the stateâs 113 executions, closure remains complicated.
April 11 2021, 12:20Â p.m.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, seated center, signs a bill abolishing the death penalty, surrounded by legislators and activists at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., on March 24, 2021.Photo: Steve Helber/APVirginia Gov. Ralph Northam, seated center, signs a bill abolishing the death penalty, surrounded by
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Area leaders hope to implement a plan this summer that will help recently released inmates and parolees successfully reenter society and avoid re-incarceration.
The Criminal Justice Reform task force for Planning District 16âwhich includes Fredericksburg and the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline and King Georgeâwas assembled in the fall and has been meeting monthly since November.
President Joe Biden on March 31 signed a proclamation declaring April âSecond Chance Monthâ and calling for a focus on âprevention, reentry, and social support, rather than incarceration.â
âAfter incarcerated individuals serve their time, they should have the opportunity to fully reintegrate into society. It benefits not just those individuals but all of society, and it is the best strategy to reduce recidivism,â the presidentâs proclamation reads.
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