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PRIORITY ALERTS: RED ONION STATE PRISON

VAPAC STATES: Millions of tax payer dollars has been spent and an inordinate amount of man hours wasted by the government of Virginia in arbitrating litigation's against unlawful acts and violations of Virginia and U.S. law by prison officials and rank and file guards at Red Onion State Prison [ROSP].

The wasted tax payer resources would have been spent on other significant obligations of Virginia Governance i.e education, healthcare, job training, to name a few.  But because of the well documented historic malfeasance of ROSP officials and guards and because, the Virginia Department of Corrections [VADOC] in its operation of ROSP is unlawfully and unethically opaque, relatively unaccountable to Virginia tax payer and transparently even less so, Virginia's Prison Experiment at ROSP is a morass of law breaking and VADOC policy violating reality, by ROSP officials and guards.

VAPAC STATES: The operational model of ROSP lends itself to an inordinate amount of daily abuse and violations of Virginia and U.S.  This violation is pronounced and egregious in C/building, which ROSP uses to detain the Long Term Administration Segregation and Mental Health Prisoner population.

VAPAC STATES: ROSP obstructs complaint and grievance filing by Prisoners, particularly Administration Segregation and Mental Health Prisoners with tactics employed, in violation of VADOC grievance policy, by it's grievance department.

VAPAC CALLS FOR ROSP TO STOP:

• The unlawful practice of ROSP guards denying Administrative Segregation [ADSEG] Prisoners meals and criminal acts of ROSP guards tampering with prisoner meals.
• The unlawful practice of using food as punishment by skimping and not providing the VADOC Master Menu and food service manual required portions to ADSEG Prisoners.
• The unlawful act of ROSP guards denying ADSEG Prisoners showers for months on end despite VADOC ADSEG policy mandate prisoners are given showers 3 times per week.
• The unlawful practice of denying ADSEG Prisoners mandatory outside exercise for months on end.
• The unlawful practice of deploying OC pepper spray gas inside the confines of a 8x10 foot cell without regard for prisoners held in windowless cells.
• The misuse of stripped cells and unlawful practice of depriving ADSEG Prisoners property.
• The unlawful practice of chaining prisoners wrists to ankles, thereby denying the Prisoner the ability to stand upright for hours on end.
• The unlawful and unethical treatment of Mental Health Prisoners confined at ROSP ADSEG where they are subjected to denial of showers, outside exercise, food, meals tampered with, deprived of property, taunted, insulted, provoked by ROSP guards and once they react, they are gassed with OC pepper gas, put on striped cells for weeks on end, tied to bunks     everything is done to Mental Health Prisoners, save for a Legitimate and Professional Mental Health care. The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Services has oversight authority over VADOC Mental Health services, yet at ROSP's C/Building Mental Health Prisoners are treated in the most outrageous and barbaric manner.
• The unlawful practice of retaliation against prisoners who dare complain and speak out against the criminal and malfeasant actions of ROSP officials and guards.  Prisoners are accused of false infractions,  mail is tampered with, outside exercise, and showers denied. Meals denied.  In some cases prisoners assaulted and battered by ROSP guards.  ADSEG confinement extended.

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