THIRD SUNDAY IN MAY IS VIRGINIA PRISONERS DAY: 2026 STATEMENT FROM VAPAC

On May 21st, 2023 We at VAPAC inaugurated the principle of VIRGINIA PRISONERS DAY, with the format which we still continue in 2026, as its motive force, being a Virginia People's affair. Meaning, instead of a centralized, top down marshalling and regimentation of action, Family, Friends and allies of the Virginia Prisoner, who are proximately closest and most intimate with the Virginia Prisoner, with shared interests, desires and determinations must be the ones, to formulate and encapsulate how to mark The Virginia Prisoners Day and in this we established the principle. All of us at VAPAC have family and loved ones under Virginia's imprisonment scheme, we all have our very own experiences dealing with Virginia's imprisonment scheme, whether personally through the various points of interaction with the Virginia Department of Corrections or from accounts and narratives from our imprisoned loved ones and as a matter of fact in this we share a commonality with victims of crime, despite the fact conventional wisdom works double overtime under the manipulation of politicians who exploit the pain and harm of crime, to maintain an insidious and idealistic wedge between Family of Prisoners and victims of the harm of crime, in all its forms, not just its selective and politically exploited accentuation. Accordingly on the Third Sunday in May Virginia Prisoners Day we sharpen our focus, strengthen our resolve to continue in the work of speaking up for the constant and consistent reform of Virginia's Justice Infrastructure and the imprisonment scheme and holding the Virginia Prison Official accountable, as such we again stand in Solidarity and Strength raising our voice for accountability and reform of Virginia's imprisonment scheme. We also recognize that there might come a time in the future, where, the Family, Friends and Allies of the Virginia Prisoner will find it necessary and sensible to organize the Virginia Prisoners Day in a more centralized orientation, we leave it to that moment. Also We at VAPAC want to currently introduce another point of focus for this 2026 Virginia Prisoners Day, as we mark it, which is we should also identify those Virginia politicians and legislators who seem not to ever get enough of the hypocrisy of exploiting the issue of Virginia Prison Reform by standing in it's way. So Family, Friends and Allies of the Virginia Prisoner, let's stand and raise our voice on this 2026 Virginia Prisoners Day for Reform and adherence to the Accountability-function of the governance of the Commonwealth of Virginia of the Justice Infrastructure and the Imprisonment Scheme.

#VaPrisonersDay #MayVAThirdSunday . IN STRENGTH---VAPAC