Coming home and trying to rebuild is a struggle, especially when your past is constantly running interference with your future. But listen up: Virginia just moved the chains for everyone grinding their way back to stability. Big legislative changes...
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Richard Walker's journey is a powerful testament to personal transformation and systemic change. After experiencing incarceration, he didn't just rebuild his own life; he devoted himself to building a pathway for other returning citizens in Virginia...
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The name Arsean Hicks should be known across Virginia. His decades-long legal battle is not just a personal fight for freedom; it is a critical case that exposed deep flaws in our justice system and ultimately helped change Virginia law. In late 202...
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Change inside correctional facilities is never simple, never quick, and never perfect. But when reforms do surface especially those designed to reduce violence, support rehabilitation, and offer people a healthier path forward it’s important to unde...
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At the Protecting My Peace Foundation, we believe every person no matter where they are, what they’ve been through, or what stage of life they’re in deserves safety, dignity, and the basic right to be protected from harm. When those rights are viola...
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A correctional officer in Southwest Virginia lost his life Monday morning following what officials with the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) described as a violent assault involving an incarcerated individual. The incident occurred at Riv...
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Real talk, you gotta pay attention to the news coming out of the Virginia Correctional Center for Women. This ain't about passing judgment on anyone's struggle, but it's a cold lesson in what happens when people prioritize that fast, dirty money ove...
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Another disturbing report just dropped outta Red Onion State Prison involving our man, Randy Lassiter. Multiple folks on the inside are saying they stripped him and put a brutal beatdown on him yesterday. Peep this: that’s reportedly the eighth time...
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