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On November 27, 24 Director Chadwick Dotson of The Virginia Department of Corrections, made public the department's position on the incidents of prisoner self-immolation at it's Red Onion State Prison Koncentration Kamp. Chadwick Dotson as Director of The Virginia Department of Corrections not only serves at the privilege of the Governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, but specifically advances Youngkin's comprehensive world view on criminal justice and the prison system, in other words Youngkin is rewarded with praise and accolades when and if Dotson navigates the justice and prison system conscientiously, but when his actions are reactionary, savage and barbaric as, most of the time they relatively are, then Youngkin gets the appropriate opprobrium and Dotson's 11/27/24 statement on prisoner self-immolation are another tired example of this. Now let me say this, yes Youngkin, Dotson and every single last Virginia government employee are speaking for and theoretically doing the will and intentions of the people of Virginia, as such its a privilege to which they are primarily responsible and accountable for their performance. However the people of Virginia have final responsibility and culpability for the subsequent betrayal and the resulting abrogation of faith in their Social Contract, when it is consistently compromised by actions of their political leaders as Chadwick Dotson. Instead of responding to the poignant and horrific events of prisoner self-immolation at Red Onion State Prison Koncentration Kamp, Director Chadwick Dotson played the intelligence of the people of Virginia with mocking deflections, conclusionary sophistry and outright comments unbefitting a public servant as the Director of Virginia's Department of Corrections. Because what exactly are we to make of Director Dotson's remarks of firstly, (and I paraphrase) blaming advocates and abolitionist wanting to score political points.Then he goes on to say there wasn't any immolation because prisoners only set their legs on fire. He continues with those prisoners, who by his own admission set themselves on fire, have a history of self harm.You know what quite frankly Chadwick Dotson, with his 11/27/24 comments on prisoner self-immolation at Red Onion State Prison Koncentration Kamp has only and simply confirmed all that has been said about his unfitness to be in any position of leadership in Virginia's Justice Infrastructure and the Prison System. Furthermore Dotson's statement reveals a callousness that shouldn't be held by any human, least a public official. What Director Dotson told us with his statement is, because humans under his care in Virginia prison cages weren't burnt to a smoldering crisp and only burnt legs, its no big deal? That because those prisoners have previously engaged in self-harm, therefore we should dismiss reports of self-immolation? And as a matter of fact isn't Dotson's disclosure of prisoner mental health information by claiming there is history of self-harm a violation of Virginia and Federal law? Listen people nothing I'm saying is news, a study of Virginia and its Federal Courts will reveal the tens of thousands of Virginia prisoner claims of the savagery and barbarity reflective of the mindset of Director Chadwick Dotson, which is pathetically indicative of the antagonistic effects of the permeation of the wink and nod tolerance of some are above the law canker, revealed in the dismissiveness of accounts of Virginia prisoner self-immolation.
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
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