Virginia Prisons Accountability Committee Independent analysis of Virginia's political culture, prisons, and state power

“53.1‑151.1 gives lawmakers credit for ‘reform’ while freeing no one. It’s another cobblestone on the road paved with good intention straight to impunity.”
— William Thorpe, 53.1‑151.1 Is Not Reform
vapac.blogspot.com #PoliticalCover #VAParoleCrisis #AbolitionNow #VAPAC #SystemicTruth #CarceralState

I’m thrilled to share that I've signed my first book deal! My memoir, “We Will Get By,” will be published by Duke University Press (2027) #BookSky

It’s my honest, raw account of the invisible sentence served by the families of those incarcerated #CarceralState 1/7

Teen's hand sanitizer intoxication in a jail cell isn't just 'news', it's a critical system failure. What does it say about care in custody? #JusticeReform #CarceralState @The_Piaz

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Group home years. Eight to thirteen.
Clock stopped. World stayed physical.
State-sponsored ritual.
Nine. Violation.
#CarceralState #SurvivorVoice #SystemFailure

Thousands of new moms targeted by unreliable drug tests at childbirth, leading to criminal charges. This isn't healthcare; it's state surveillance weaponizing medicine against the vulnerable. #CarceralState #WaronMoms

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US prison 'reform' debates often miss the point: it's not just about 'non-profits,' it's about WHY we have this mass incarceration in the first place. The money talks. #CarceralState

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Trump's $45 billion detention plan isn't just 'enforcement'; it's a massive wealth transfer to private prison corporations. Public money, private profit. Same script. #ImmigrationProfits #CarceralState

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DHS funding debates are performative. Since 9/11, 'security' budgets balloon regardless of policy. Don't fall for the surface-level squabble. #DHSFunding #CarceralState

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#AbolishICE
#AbolishPrisons
#PrisonAbolition
#CarceralState
#EndTheCarceralState
#DefundPolice
#ACAB
#AbolitionNow
#ImmigrantRights
#JusticeForAll

Investigation Overview

The investigation behind the documentary The Alabama Solution with regard to the corruption and violence in AL prisons and the hundreds of deaths in said prisons has led to a database: #carceralstate

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The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.

TN’s “mass-violence” law made a meme a felony Larry Bushart shared a tRUmp/Charlie Kirk post; Sheriff Weems called it a school threat—no target, no plan, yet $2M bail and 2+ months jailed. Not safety—speech control A meme with a mugshot
#CivilLiberties #CarceralState
theintercept.com/2025/10/23/c...

The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.

TN’s “mass-violence” law made a meme a felony. Larry Bushart shared a tRUmp/Charlie Kirk post; Sheriff Weems called it a school threat—no target, no plan, yet $2M bail and 2+ months jailed. Safety? Speech control. A meme with a mugshot
#CivilLiberties #CarceralState

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Disturbing fact for the day: About 1 in every 48 adults in the U.S. is under some form of correctional control—e.g., parole, jail, prison, probation, etc. That is roughly 2% of the population. Think about that! #CarceralState

Who’s Profiting off of the Criminalization of Homelessness? | naked capitalism Private equity, for one, which cashes in at nearly every stage of the American homelessness crisis.

Content warning:USpol, criminalization of poverty
#homelessness #homelessnessisnotacrime #homelessmutualaid #homelesscrowdfund #homelesscrisis #homelesscriminalization #homelesscrackdown #homelessrights #carceralstate #...
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists #fascism

👉 Vote 'em Out!

U.S. vs. China: Who's Worse? - Hasan Piker and Tom Bilyeu

#carceralstate #inequities #surveillance

Every year or so between 1982 qnd mid 1990s, the NYT published op-Ed’s by social scientists that tried to challenge that narrative but they weren’t effective.
#massincarceration #CarceralState

Workshop Recording: Exposing the Silence: Reporting on Deaths in Custody Join The Marshall Project, Arizona Luminaria, Ocala Gazette, and Sunlight Research Center for a hands-on workshop on investigating deaths in custody — a largely underreported and deeply consequential ...

As ICE plans to hire 10,000 new agents and expand detention ops (including sending detainees to “Alligator Alcatraz”), this work is urgent.
Catch up here → www.sunlightresearch.net/post/exposin...
#journalism #FOIA #investigative #immigration #carceralstate

Intro to Criminal Justice Reform Want to learn about criminal justice reform? Start here.

Intro to criminal justice reform

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#criminaljustice #criminallegalsystem #massincarceration #carceralstate #prisons #massdeportation

Oh Brother, Where Art the Air Conditioners? Summer has ended, and the exceedingly hot and inhospitable temperatures that accompanied it this year in many places in the United States and elsewhere are slowly dissipating. While climate scientists...

Reposting from my September 8, 2023, blog post "Oh Brother, Where Art the Air Conditioners? jeffreyianross.com/oh-brother-w... #airconditioning #carceralstate #convicts #corrections #incarceration #jail #prison #prisoners

How many correctional systems does it take to install air conditioning? A year has passed since widespread news and social media attention highlighted the lack of air conditioning in many city, county, and state prison systems in the United States, and several deaths tha...

Reposting from my July 6, 2024, blog post, "How many correctional systems does it take to install air conditioning?” jeffreyianross.com/how-many-cor... #airconditioning #carceralstate #convicts #corrections #incarceration #jail #prison #prisoners

Budget Bill Massively Increases Funding for Immigration Detention The influx of money comes as the administration is resisting congressional oversight of conditions at ICE facilities.

Congress authorized $45 billion in detention funding that doubles ICE capacity and entrenches private prison corporations as core pillars of U.S. immigration enforcement. #PrivatePrisons #ICE #DetentionExpansion #CarceralState #BrennanCenter 
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Budget Bill Massively Increases Funding for Immigration Detention The influx of money comes as the administration is resisting congressional oversight of conditions at ICE facilities.

Congress authorized $45 billion in detention funding that doubles ICE capacity and entrenches private prison corporations as core pillars of U.S. immigration enforcement. #PrivatePrisons #ICE #DetentionExpansion #CarceralState #BrennanCenter 
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Alcatraz Isn’t a Prison. It’s a Prop - anti capitalist musings Trump isn’t reopening Alcatraz, he’s resurrecting it as spectacle. While Bondi walks through ruins for the cameras, the real punishment is already happening in Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz.” A theatr...

Trump isn’t reopening Alcatraz. He’s walking through a ruin like it’s a film set. Because it is.

The prison was shut in 1963 for being too broken to function. Now it’s back, as threat, spectacle, myth.

📷 Alligator Alcatraz is real. This one’s just for the cameras.

#CarceralState #AbolishICE

The militarization of American streets mirrors what we condemn abroad. When Marines detain a citizen on US soil, it's not security—it's state overreach. The same logic detains poets in Balochistan and students in Tibet. #CarceralState #EmpireAtHome

You heard that right. Girls. Women. As trophies of war.

Not just dehumanized, but divinely sanctioned to be owned.

This is gendered violence as governance.
Religious conquest scripted with sexual violence as a reward.

#CarceralState #PatriarchalEmpire

When ICE gets hotels and the Guard gets floors, it’s not a glitch—it’s governance. The same hierarchy plays out in Tibet, Balochistan, and among the Kurds: reward repression, discard resistance. Different flags, same system.
#CarceralState #GlobalInjustice

🚧 Working in the #carceralstate doesn’t end at the gate.

Drs. Chapman & Cottingham’s #Socius study shows how #emotionallabor in #prison leads to dehumanization spillover—reaching beyond prison walls, from coworkers to family.

Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

ABOLISH mandatory minimum sentences!

ABOLISH qualified immunity!

ABOLISH police “unions”!

ABOLISH ICE!

ABOLISH SLAVERY—CONSTITUTIONALLY ORDAINED OR OTHERWISE!!!

#abolish #carceralstate #ACAB