I am a prisoner at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia. I can only compare this place to the concentration and death camps of Auschwitz and Dachau. Here they have a torture chamber that was used for chattel slavery. We are tortured and our bodies broken. Intimidation, assaults, excessive force and five point restraints are common. They have slave labor which places money in the pockets of the already wealthy.

I believe there is one criminal who will probably never see the inside of a prison: the State--because it is guilty of assisting the elements which lead to unemployment, poverty, drug addiction, racism and eventually crime.

JAMES E. WASHINGTON
#087685
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
RED ONION STATE PRISON
P.O. BOX 1900/CELL D303
POUND, VIRGINIA 24279

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The CJNN made me feel that as inmates our voices are finally being heard.

I regretfully must admit that when I was a free person I would not have given the CJNN a second glance. But as an inmate of the State of Florida, my eyes have been opened to the many trials; tribulations and heart-aches prisoners must endure.

Two years ago, I prayed to God to help me, to save my life. I asked Him to deliver me from drugs and alcohol. And he did.

I believe God is using my present incarceration to remove me from those things in my life that were slowly killing me.

While it breaks my heart to witness the inhumane treatment we as inmates suffer, the CJNN lets me know that I am NOT ALONE.

LINDA NAY 153811/1102 L
FLORIDA CORRECTIONAL CENTER
MAIN UNIT/P.O. BOX 0147
LOWELL, FLORIDA 32663-0147