THE SAVAGERY AND BARBARISM OF AMERICAN IMPRISONMENT HAS PRODUCED GIANTS IN OPPOSITION AND RESISTANCE: HAVE YOU HEARD OF ONE, MARTIN RAMIREZ SOSTRE ? By William Thorpe

Martin Sostre

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Martin Sostre was born on March 20,1923 and he died on August 12, 2015, at the age of 92 after a life existence experiencing, the various circumstances and conditions of American Imprisonment, practiced by the New York Department of Corrections. His Pops was Black and Moms Puerto Rican. As you're noticing I'm not getting all into his so-called Biographical details, because generally I don't see the relevance of a specific biography of Human Beings, born into the victimization, usurpation and circumscription of the specific, Post 1400's, because such details are not true, correct and an authentic account of ones Human condition, but simply the narrative of how we all handle, deal with, oppose and resist the brought into existence conditions of, post 1400. [but if you seek the typical and conventional biography, there is a documentary on Martin Sostre, FRAME UP! THE IMPRISONMENT OF MARTIN SOSTRE, that you check out]. What I'm saying is this imagine someone in handcuffs and shackles and your account of their existence can only be about movement due to the chains?.So how many different ways can you say, they adjusted a wrist or an ankle in response to the chafe of the metal?. Or how about this, let's take the guy who is the focus of this work, Martin Ramirez Sostre. He is accounted for in history because of his opposition and resistance to the materialization of post 1400's conditions and circumstances. In other words the effects of the post 1400 cause, imposed a detour on his Life that he never seeked nor sought, but was born into. Another example, let's take a couple of personalities we all know. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, both Black men, who are accounted for in history because of their oppositionary and resistance work against the effects of the post1400 Cause. Can you the reader imagine any number of endeavors all of these men, who are accounted for in history because of their confronting, impositions that they had no role in creating would have instead focused on, were they not detoured by circumstances and conditions which they had no role in creating yet now had to expend their humanness confronting?.So unless the determinative logic is that every subject-victim of the post 1400's effects, according to Biblical dicta came into existence to expend their life force in opposition and resistance, then there cannot be any authentic appreciation and attention to so-called Biographical details of a subject-victim of post 1400.Now as a quick aside for those readers whose reasoning are brimming with the counter, that existential detours occur in life and are to be understood and accepted as part of the dynamic of the Human Condition, you are correct, that doesn't however mean, that when assessing Biographical details we should act like and be blind to the reality that there are two aspects, which are the enslaver owns agency (in itself) and is indicted on such, while the enslaved owns resistance (for itself) and is understood within its defining parameters. With this said let me get into why we should know who MARTIN RAMIREZ SOSTRE was. Sostre comes to us as a Prisoner being subjected to the dehumanizing depravity of the State of New York's Imprisonment scheme, at a period that isn't unlike this contemporary period, which analytically, every single moment, post 1400, has for its subject-victim, whether or not the circumstance and condition is imprisonment, the operative of dehumanization and depravity. What Sostre gave us is that legal frame work, demanding accountability and transparency of the Imprisonment scheme. So as much as the status quo want us ignorant, we reclaim him.

By William Thorpe

 I'm William Thorpe Virginia exiled me to the Texas prison system. I'm solitary confined at the Wainwright Unit and if you feel any kinda way about this work contact me by Securus email using the Texas prison number #2261982

JUST AS A MEDICAL DOCTOR EXIST TO HEAL, VIRGINIA'S PAROLE PROCESS EXIST TO RELEASE THE IMPRISONED VIRGINIAN By William Thorpe

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In a recent work critiquing the fraudulent thought of the anti-parole proponent, I excerpted Pastor Harvey Yoder's assertions in his Newsletter, HARDTIME VIRGINIA SUMMER 2026 Vol. II No.2, expressing the prevailing concerns held by Virginia Prison Reformers that Governor Abigail Spanberger's, newly constituted Parole Board isn't, to quote Pastor Yoder, being "generous" in providing parole to the imprisoned Virginian. My position on Pastor Harvey Yoder and his advocacy for the Virginia Prisoner, is clear, I respect his intentions and efforts for us. However my ability to critique Virginia's imprisonment scheme, is naturally blunt, than that of our allies who are on the free side of the razored concertina fences of Virginia's Koncentration Kamps, because as Prisoner, I'm its material value. So where the non-imprisoned expectedly encounter the Organized-Violence infrastructure of the imprisonment scheme within the contextual-civil reasonableness of interactions in the free World, within the Prison context the dynamic, is simply at odds. For example, Pastor Yoder expressed his and others expectations and anticipations that the new Parole Board would be, "generous in offering release to deserving men and women in prison". Well it isn't that a Prisoner isn't ever ready for release, but when the character of "parole" has been completely disconnected and perverted from its purpose by the politics of scapegoatism, whether as a calculated and deliberate gambit or as a natural understandable human stirring of vindictiveness. Parole isn't perceived as a "generous" dispensation, which would require a farcical mental framing between the Prisoner and the affirmative letter of its grant. Which is the fundamental dishonesty at the heart of the parole narrative as it currently exist. Which for example causes travesties as the unanimous approval of Virginia's newly minted Parole Bill HB 1030 sponsored by Republican Wilt and is now Virginia law Codified at Va. Code 53.1-151.1, to emerge in bright Sun Light. We see the dishonesty and its farcical application, when the new Parole Board uses its existence as excuse and apology for not granting Parole, on the spurious assertion that its full implementation is required, when come on People the Law itself clearly and unequivocally states that, "nothing [in the law] shall prohibit the Board from making its final determination on whether or not to grant discretionary parole.....", meaning besides it's ex post facto harmful effects, the Parole Board can reject its pronouncements as not even worthy of the spectacle of its legislature unanimity. But none of this is the point, which is: Prison Reform means and requires a defiant interrogation and scrutiny of what is reform? Because if we accept Reform as a boon, a dispensation from what? when everything about Virginia's Imprisonment Scheme reeks with the stench of its chattel enslavement utility as genesis. Because what currently exist is a systematic corruption, that still is yet to redeem itself from its inability to confront itself. Pastor Yoder gives us insight when he says, "My understanding after talking with others with the same concerns is that the Board is getting themselves set up with a process for making the best possible decisions while receiving a lot of new information to train themselves as NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER DONE THIS BEFORE". [all caps my emphasis]. This acceptance by Pastor Yoder makes my point, that due to the betrayal of the original purpose and character of Parole, we can forget that Jurys that convict and impose all sorts of sentences HAVE ALSO NEVER DONE SUCH BEFORE.

By William Thorpe

 I'm William Thorpe Virginia exiled me to the Texas prison system. I'm solitary confined at the Wainwright Unit and if you feel any kinda way about this work contact me by Securus email using the Texas prison number #2261982

THE ANTI-PAROLE THOUGHT AND ITS PROPONENTS ARE THE MOST INTELLECTUALLY FRAUDULENT IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA By William Thorpe

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Parole as some intellectually honest Judges have noted is part of the sanction of the imprisonment and its scheme. This fact is borne out, evidenced by the legal fights during the adjudication process over disclosure of whether or not the convicted will be eligible for Parole, Pardons, Clemency or Commutation. Now the history of Parole along with Pardons e.t.c appearing as aspect of terms of a Social Contract, for example the Commonwealth of Virginias', is as all other values, processes and applications of a Social Contract, based on: to what extent does it further by stabilizing, the progressive development of the business of human existence. In other words if human existence is a realization of economy, then all the cogs and wheels detailing and defining it, must be understood within its context, especially that of the Justice Infrastructure. What I'm saying is clearly understood and observed in the fact that as soon as a Political-Economy becomes unsustainable, which is easily seen in the emergence of fundamental social dysfunction, the next thing we see is a robust practice of suppression and repression by State Organized-Violence, and its exploitation of "scapegoatism", as Political tactic. The Commonwealth of Virginia isn't any different. In the 1990's Virginia Republicans who at that time held the reins of Virginia's Government, when confronted with social dysfunction reacted with, as one of many responses, the abolishment of parole for Virginians convicted and imprisoned post 1995.In other words the frazzled and at their wits end of the affordability crisis Virginia Wife and Mother, was supposed to find solace, in the fact, that the exploding interest rates on their various credit obligations was assuaged and mitigated by the abolishment of Parole. When regardless of to what extent she might have welcomed the fact that Virginia prisoners were subjected to that proverbial "tightening of the screws", she still retained that presence of mind to know that the typical and average Virginia prisoner had nothing to do with any of the degrading quality of her life and its crisis. So what then were the political gains of the scapegoat politics of abolishing parole along with the entire narrative surrounding it?. The political gains were simple, it furthered that one and only goal of a status quo, that of "Control". Under the gambit rubric by introducing distortions and fraudulent thinking among the People, to the extent that it would enfeeble any honest debate surrounding, not just the Parole question, but the expected and anticipated comprehensive critique of reforming Virginia's imprisonment scheme, which we have seen. Parole as aspect of a imprisonment scheme, has only one function, and that is to be granted. Parole, doesn't exist as a ad hoc means or mechanism of extending imprisonment. Imprisonment can be said to perform as definitions of "Motion", by our ancients, the imprisonment will exist to its determination unless acted upon by any number of forces, which Parole, is one. So by definition Parole exist to be granted, given or provided. This existence of Parole begins to be conditioned, qualified or "corrupted", by factors and suppositions that are at odds with its dictatorship of intent, which again is to provide release from imprisonment. Now let me say this, there isn't a singular mind and emotion that recognizes every single human condition and is subsequently able to respond in a comprehensive accord. In other words, no one has all of the answers. The business of human existence, experienced as the human condition, is that of encountering, learning, cognition and approximate resolution.

What the remaining process of Parole in Virginia teaches is the mechanics of it's usurpation and subornation, by undemocratic and illiberal reactionary forces in Virginia. Another lesson the anti-Parole stance allows is, even though we, on the side of Virginia Prison reform, are aware that deceptiveness is the motive force of it's thought, it allows and permits the Virginia People to begin to see for themselves the depths of its intellectual fraudulence and corrupt character. Because the fundamental purpose of Parole, Pardons e.t.c within a Justice system, is uncomplicatedly clear to the most apathetic socio-person, that not only does it present and preserve that ability for a Society, as Virginia to claim being Civilized. But it is a practical nod and recognition to the fact the "Justice" process and its adjudication outcome is dependent on any number of existing factors, which the availability, would and could have produced a completely different result. So Parole along with the other processes of Pardons, Commutations and Clemencies, exist to state that a Society isn't hubristic that it isn't capable of being intellectually honest to recognize the validity of the critique that the socio-person, doesn't experience the adjudicative Due-Process of Law, equally with the necessary resources to comprehensively access it and command its equitable attention and professionalism. It is commonly stated that there isn't a single aspect of Society or a Social Contract that isn't a critique-portal of its whole and the Speech of the anti-Parole folks in the Commonwealth of Virginia, again proves it. Because when Virginia Republicans under the titular leadership of Governor George Allen of the Macaca racist slur infamy, with the collaboration of Virginia's Corporate Media and the complicity of silence from Virginia's status quo or legacy Institutions, abolished Parole in 1995 they knew what they were doing. But as insidious as the abolishment was, it complied with Virginia's Legislative Process. Where the intellectual fraud of the anti-Parole proponent since, stands naked, is in the intellectual distortion they resort to in attacking the remaining Parole process available for eligible Virginia Prisoners. Which is this: they disingenuously and pathetically indulge in the insults of redefining, words, they present unscrupulous framing of the dictatorship of intent, which simply is Parole exist to release the Prisoner from imprisonment. So, when we see the imposition of an idealistic scheme as the work of a parole board, what we instantly recognize is, this process is extra-judicial and ad hoc. Because even though Virginia's Parole Board is a creation of legislative action, its process is ambiguously arbitrary and "legally" capricious. At this point in this work, I want to excerpt the assertions of a Virginian who is dedicated to reforming Virginia's prisons and holding the Virginia prison official accountable. [Pastor Harvey Yoder a Mennonite and Co-Founder of the VALLEY JUSTICE COALITION, whose advocacy work for the Virginia Prisoner, I highly respect].Recently wrote in his newsletter HARDTIME VIRGINIA SUMMER 2026 Vol. II No.2, under the Header WHAT'S UP WITH THE NEW PAROLE BOARD? and I excerpt "Most of us were hopeful that the newly appointed Parole Board sworn in in March would be more generous in offering release to deserving men and women in prison. [He continues] "While this may seem puzzling, my understanding after talking with others with the same concerns is that the Board is getting themselves set up with a process for making the best possible decision while receiving a lot of new information to train themselves, as none of them have ever done this before".He makes my point.

By William Thorpe

 I'm William Thorpe Virginia exiled me to the Texas prison system. I'm solitary confined at the Wainwright Unit and if you feel any kinda way about this work contact me by Securus email using the Texas prison number #2261982

WE CANNOT EQUIVOCATE IN OUR SPEECH AND POSITION ON REFORM OF VIRGINIA'S IMPRISONMENT SCHEME By William Thorpe

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Equivocation on the position of reform of Virginia's Imprisonment scheme, also includes this. The argument advanced by some that certain critiques of the Virginia Politician ally of the Virginia Prison Official, is harsh and therefore counterproductive. This specific argument isn't limited to the work of Prison Reform in Virginia but is historically typical of any type of reform Speech, meaning activity, of any System. So, the fact that it appears within the context of Virginia Prison Reform only attest to the potency of the ongoing Speech or activity of holding the Virginia Prison Official Accountable. However, there is another aspect of equivocation, not that it is intentional, but the results or consequences are the same nonetheless and it is also to a degree another bane of reform, irrespective of context. I want to focus a bit on this aspect, because it undermines and enables division of unity among the People. Again this disunity isn't intentional, still the result and consequence are disastrous. I BEGIN: The Virginia Prisoner exist as a created entity of Virginia Law, not as classes but as class. Whatever classification and category appears as designation, isn't for the purpose of treatment but control. What I mean is the Virginia Prisoner is created as objective of a controlling intent. Let me say this, the mechanism of the transformation of the Virginia Socio-person into the Virginia Prisoner, is "control", besides the fact that activity ensured the intensification of control as in imprisonment, the existence of the dictatorship of intent, as dynamic of Virginia's Social Contract is the driver. What this means is the intention of controlling, perceives the transformed previous socio-person into Prisoner, as having been forever "Identified". So whether the descriptive "violent or nonviolent" is ascribed contextually to a Virginia Prisoner, it has nothing to do and isn't an operative of the one and only qualifier of subject within the human condition and its business of human existence, which is, what is the manner and level of contribution towards the progressive Development of the business of human existence. I am using the descriptive, violent and nonviolent, because it is the most casual means of disunity among the People. I'm using "People", not as a category of Family, Ally and Friends of the Virginia Prisoner, but all of the People including reactionaries and the basic garden variety misanthrope, because the reactionary and misanthrope exist not as a function of objective "thought", but its lack. Because what logic of defense of being in opposition to the social positive work of ensuring subordination of the Virginia Prison official as function of Virginia governance, to the Accountability-Function Supremacy of the People, can be asserted as, in pursuit of and towards the progressive Development of the business of human existence? Other than to simply exist within that idealistic realm of fraudulent thought. Yet we encounter numbers of us pushing for reform of Virginia's imprisonment scheme, saying, the nonviolent prisoner should be rehabilitated at the expense of the "violent" and regardless of the intent of the argument being presented, what happens is the controlling dictatorship of intent simply welcomes the disunity and exploits it, not in the affirmation of the accountability-function, but as a co-opting gambit. So what we have to come to terms with, within the work of reforming Virginia's imprisonment scheme and holding the Virginia Prison official accountable, is formulation and application of recognition and treatment of the Virginia Prisoner, must firstly acknowledge the Accountability-Function.

By William Thorpe

 I'm William Thorpe Virginia exiled me to the Texas prison system. I'm solitary confined at the Wainwright Unit and if you feel any kinda way about this work contact me by Securus email using the Texas prison number #2261982

LETS START WITH THIS By William Thorpe

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So, on the issue and question of Reform of Virginia's Imprisonment Scheme, despite the answer being Accountability and Transparency, the work is how do we achieve it. There are a lot of hearts and minds in Virginia along with other voices around the Nation and in some cases Internationally, directing energy and effort towards its realization. So recently during the announcement by Governor Abigail Spanberger of her newly formed, Community Council on Corrections, she framed the existence of the Virginia Prisoner, as "LIVING", in Virginia prisons. Now "living", under the Imprisonment context has moral obligations of the Commonwealth on a couple of aspects, (1) recognition and (2) treatment. So Governor Abigail Spanberger cannot recognize that the Virginia prisoner is living in a Virginia prison cell and then turn a blind eye to treatment by the Virginia prison official. Now this recognition is a step. But what I want to focus on is this: The reason the Virginia prisoner's current condition is existence, notwithstanding Governor Spanberger's declaration of "living", is because of the regime of dehumanization historically meted and practiced by the Virginia prison official as professional philosophy on the highly prized operative of "lack of transparency", of the condition of Virginia's Imprisonment scheme. Towards this lack of transparency, which in itself is as much an objective as the professional behavior and philosophy of dehumanizing the Virginia prisoner, the Virginia Prison Official enjoys the cover, support, defense and protection of reactionary Political allies and the Editorializing of Virginia's Corporate Media, who simply exploit instead of ameliorating and resolving. Despite their reactionary work, they don't have a monopoly on the formulation of the narrative of Virginia's Imprisonment scheme, that demands reform. Such ownership of narrative is on the side of Reform, meaning bringing transparency and accountability to the habits and culture of the Virginia prison official. So considering that the majority of the offensive and violative professional behavior of the Virginia prison official occurs in the abject conditions of Solitary Confinement. We say to Governor Spanberger's Council on Corrections, for starters, establish the availability of means (we leave it up to your getting input from Virginia prisoners) for all Prisoners held in longterm Solitary Confinement at all of the major Solitary Confinement housing, to weekly state that they received, the basics of outside exercise, showers, meals (provided according to Virginia Department of Corrections Operating Procedure and The Food Service Manual).Secondly, the Council should require explanations of every single aspect of the management and Operation of Virginia's Solitary Confinement regime and any other Imprisonment condition, regardless of label that is categorically, Solitary Confinement, along with opportunity to propose actual revision. If we are serious about Prison Reform, holding the Prison Official Accountable along with Transparency of the Professional behavior, then, the People of Virginia, as Supreme Power and authority cannot, continue accepting and maintaining that convention of idealistic pro forma oversight by allies of the Virginia Prison Official.

By William Thorpe

 I'm William Thorpe Virginia exiled me to the Texas prison system. I'm solitary confined at the Wainwright Unit and if you feel any kinda way about this work contact me by Securus email using the Texas prison number #2261982