The Virginia Model is about a guard at Wallen’s Ridge shooting Taneak Turner in the face with a rubber bullet, nearly killing him, for stepping on a red line. His parents can barely get basic information, for instance whether or not Taneak was alive. Just 5 weeks earlier, guards at Wallen’s Ridge succeeded in the murder of a fully restrained captive. He was beaten to death. The Virginia Model is that set of examples.

At Lawrenceville, the fabled proving grounds of “The Virginia Model”, known and active gang members are openly catered to by staff and administrators. “The Lawrenceville Elite,” as they are known, have completely taken control of the prison; the jobs, spaces in open programs, the programs themselves, and access to resources. Gangsters and their factions now dominate the so-called “incentive prison,” where I can promise you firsthand that few incentives exist, and especially not for those captives who have repeatedly earned them. Instead, the administrators support criminal behaviors covered up and protected.

This includes staff members like Mr. W., the Recreation Supervisor, who is allegedly a supplier of deadly Fentanyl. The administration is well aware of him and his network of cronies, and the problems they are posing. They do nothing to address the problem, which is another example of “The Virginia Model.” Recently the staff had to play the old switcheroo with a mass drug test. Allegedly, dozens failed, rather openly, but were listed as passing just to make “The Virginia Model” look good. This explains how the Recreation Supervisor is referred to as “Untouchable.” The Virginia Model at work.

Ask the medical professionals at the Medical College of Virginia who now have many questions about the number of captives coming from Lawrenceville and the terrible health problems they have. The Asst. Warden recently violated HIPAA laws, (an offense that can carry 5-10 years), as a means of retaliation against a captive, Mr. Omed Hope Morrad. This Asst. Warden was foolish enough to admit her crime on paper when she filed a false in-house charge against Mr. Morrad. Meanwhile, VADOC staff are allegedly stealing books from captives at the Central Mail Distribution Center and Lawrenceville captives are being prevented from having full access to the U.S. Postal Service. Likewise, the VADOC recently violated the First Amendment when it targeted the email accounts – again – of non-profit prison-reform advocates such as the Coalition for Justice, The 40 Strong, UpToDate, Inside Virginia, and others. This is the Virginia Model.

The Virginia model is dead and seriously wounded. The Virginia Model is poor vetting of captives based on actual facts and not their ability to curry favors. The Virginia Model is the continued mismanagement of facilities and resources. It is sickness, poor care, and administrators who commit criminal acts side by side with their subordinates. The Virginia Model, it is not prison reform, but instead it is a media stunt.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

As regularly reported, Virginia Dept. of Corrections facilities are festering cesspools of toxicity. Whether it is the prison-guard culture of abuse and deadly harms – leading to situations where prisoners are forced to extremes such as self-immolation as the only means of drawing attention to the problems – or the environmental deprivations of low-quality aid and water that promote disease or other chronic health issues, there is a growing list of issues being continuously ignored by the Virginia DOC. It is also a core tenet of the “Virginia Model.” What follows is only a short list of the many examples of toxicity that threaten some 24,000 Virginia DOC captives.

At the top of the list is Lawrenceville, ground zero for the Virginia DOC’S media blitz about its “Virginia Model.” Of the several Virginia DOC prisons I have been to, Lawrenceville is the first one I’ve seen use poison spray to kill a bit of long grass around fence lines. Weed-whackers are the usual tool employed, often manned by the prison’s building-and-grounds team, which sometimes includes a cadre of captives for the labor pool. As most people know, poison-spray weed killer generally targets only weeds. This leaves the grass to grow… At Lawrenceville, whatever they are spraying not only kills everything it touches but also a sickly oily residue can be seen in the rain runoff washing into the local water tables. They are spraying this poison along every single fence, including the interior fences where long grass wouldn’t matter and where weed eaters would be easy to use.

The water for drinking is already toxic at Lawrenceville – and most Virginia DOC prisons – prone to turning rust color, brown, or with a slimy substance that sometimes comes out of the faucet. Adding heavy poison to the environment cannot possibly be helpful. While Lawrenceville officials may attempt to claim the water is safe for captives to drink, the following two questions should be asked: Why don’t employees drink the tap water, and why were Brita filters provided for the dogs in the newly started Fetch Program, if the water is safe to drink?

Air quality is no better in any of the pods, and, if you hang a washcloth over the vents, the side facing the vent will begin turning grey and black within a day or two. This gives you something to gauge just how filthy the air is. This, and the fact that the air conditioning is cranked up so high that winter clothing is required inside (and coffee can be seen visibly steaming, indoors, in the summer), makes for the easy spread of disease. The excessively cold AC also causes stress to the body when going from a very cold winter climate to 105 outside. It is good to have AC, theoretically, especially when some Virginia DOC prisons don’t have any. However, overworked ACs will fail faster, and the water pouring out of the units is now creating areas of stagnant swampy water, perfect for disease and insects that carry disease.

The Virginia Model is about whatever cheapness and harmful plans the Virginia DOC can get away with. Find out just how much harm, and death, the citizens will tolerate, and you will find the exact level of oppression you can have without the need for violent enforcement. That is the Virginia Model.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter.

Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

An important place to start is the VADOC attack upon the LGBTQIA+ community. Disgracefully, this attack is being committed under the guise of a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. In some cases, perhaps this would be acceptable; in the case of LVCC guards it is irrelevant because openly homosexual guards, one specifically, are now using their “authority” to force, under the threat of retaliatory harm, that captives allow a strip search “randomly.” Two complaints have been filed already, and the truth of the interaction was caught on camera. Instead of addressing a guard acting in a predatory manner, the VADOC has ignored the problem, as usual. VADOC behaving in such a way is allowing for the quick spread of anti-LGBTQIA+ sentiments and increasing animosity. The ripple effects slowly creep towards those captives who are members of the LGBTQIA+ community. This is, of course, exactly the response the VADOC was hoping for. The LGBTQIA+ community would do well to pay attention. It is not guards from their community who are a problem, as long as they are unable to use their “authority” to compel captives into vulnerable positions.

Interestingly this assault is coupled with an open violation of the First Amendment. Specifically, and at every opportunity, is an overt push of Christianity as the LVCC religion. There is no place where captives are safe from this violation of church and state. Every event is being encroached upon, especially by the Christian music group. In this way, and many other ways, those of varying beliefs are being psychologically affected in a negative way, and in some instances those whose tenets of belief require that they not participate find themselves left out – or forced out. This has always been a VADOC-wide problem, but at LVCC it’s become over the top and overt.

This is not a big surprise given the level of unrestrained corruption. Widespread racism, supported and rewarded by staff, staff who do literally anything they deem a rule or policy at the whims of the moment. Administrators who seem to pander to the worst captives in the LVCC/VADOC community while openly ignoring those who are on the record had to fight to be at LVCC and who came in the (foolish) hope of seeing one of the deadliest DOCs change for the better and hoping to play a role in that change. Instead, those people find themselves on the outside of what amounts to circling hyenas. They watch carrion-eating predators circle, waiting for a position and undercutting anyone at any opportunity. This as the means of gaining position. All of this is supported by administrators; whether or not it is from complicity or complacency is irrelevant.

While the LVCC compound is in no way ADA- (or ACA-) compliant, the ADA coordinator is taking time to film a documentary. It is not about the disabled, and some of the subjects interviewed are very interesting, especially the questionable hate-based beliefs they espouse. Once more we find that administrators are nowhere to be found as far as regulating such problems; this is of concern. Pandering to and allowing so many misappropriations of taxpayer funds and resources, is always allowed by the current LVCC administration. The total lack of ADA coordination is further exacerbated by a medical department existing in name alone, with a population of captives over the age of 50.

It’s this variable that allows deranged and sociopathic security staff to regularly deny outdoor – and other – recreation; of the chief reasons arbitrarily used: the weather… “Too hot” or a quarter inch of snow is all it takes. Neither of these things delayed a proper medical response leading to Richard LeLiberte dying last week…a heart attack and good old-fashioned VADOC “medical care.”

LVCC is, from the beginning, built on lies. Originally the VADOC con artists attempted to claim that they looked (and copied) Florida and Texas incentive prison models. They looked, and then they lied to everyone, including the public and media. Both Florida and Texas models offer several key incentives other than food fit for human consumption. They offer single cells, but more importantly the incentive is time off of a sentence for program completion. LVCC offers neither, and also LVCC is not a minimum-security prison; those in Florida and Texas certainly are and the captives who’ve earned their way to these prisons are treated as such. LVCC is operating as a medium-high level prison with nasty guards, excessively controlled movement, and a host of other contradictory environmental (staff)-related problems.

“The Community Campus” nonsense is flat-out false. The large majority of captives are watching the LVCC ship slowly sink, their years and decades of learned (VAOC-taught) behaviors—get as much as you can take and hustle the staff for favors – are on full display. One of the most disturbing places to see this play out is among the veterans. First, let’s be honest, a good portion of the “veterans” were dishonorably discharged or committed some seriously twisted acts. Many of them didn’t finish, or barely finished basic training before leaving the military under questionable circumstances. Now, having disgraced themselves and so many of their peers, they behave in more unscrupulous ways, preying upon others. The administration is either complacent or complicit, having never vetted the people brought to this “incentive prison.” That is what “The Virginia Model” is really about.

I’ve spent a decade wrongfully convicted and illegally held, fighting to expose the truth of the VADOC. I’ve proven myself a victim of Virginia’s state-sponsored terrorism using strictly state documents. I’ve proven many of the deprivations of the VADOC in much the same way, having saved every document and storing them safely outside of the prison walls. I fought to be at LVCC so that I could use my intelligence, education, and skill set to effect change. Sadly, I am once more in a position to do no more than report the depressing truth: LVCC is based on a litany of lies and deceit. While bread and circuses are offered as distractions, the LVCC staff continue to follow the same old habitual behaviors that have led to Virginia’s being one of the most reviled DOCs (and judiciaries) not just in the U.S. but internationally. Fresh paint and new curtains no longer suffice to cover up the VADOC’s corrupt rotting from within, and LVCC is just the most recent example.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

The Virginia Dept. of Corrections has a long history of endangering those it holds captive. No matter the number of human beings maimed and sometimes killed as a result of the Virginia DOC’s complete indifference, it never makes any changes of substance. Instead, it regularly opts for a campaign of misinformation, misdirection, or flat-out deceit. The current smoke-and-mirror show revolves around the Lawrenceville Correction Center, where, despite the VADOC proclamations, it is still the same Virginia DOC, “The Virginia Model” we have all come to revile and fear.

One of the many issues plaguing the Lawrenceville compound – and there are so many issues – is the staff. In fact, the staff, many of whom are left over from the GEO Group, are a huge part of all the problems. Specifically, it is a safety issue that, even though addressed by the Fire Marshal twice, has been openly ignored. Deadbolts on cell doors.

These are not the deadbolts an average citizen might put on the doors in their home but industrial size and strength deadbolts, which are illegal to have on cell doors and especially to use them. As its history shows, obeying the law is not a Virginia DOC strength, or even a concern. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that on June 24, a Tuesday, around 8 a.m., a Sgt. Stith began closing the deadbolts illegally in place on Lawrenceville cell doors, during a targeted shakedown of 2 pods in building 60. This happened the morning before, on Monday as well, when a Sgt. Boyd did the same thing, mistakenly thinking the surprise shakedown was planned for Monday. In both instances, it took only about 30 minutes to correct the illegal action; the deadbolts slid to an open position. But that correction changes nothing. The act had been committed, laws and safety and fire codes were broken, and not a single person was held accountable.

This is “The Virginia Model” behind the scenes. This is the incentive-based prison that Virginia is claiming as an illustration of its new ways. “The Virginia Model” was so named because Virginia is entirely incapable of following laws or human-rights standards, let alone the growing trend of restorative- justice reforms most states have begun to implement. In fact, “The Virginia Model” is based on state laws and statutes that are, in some areas of the codebook, a century behind the modern world. “The Virginia Model” is about harm. It is about bread-and-circus distractions as a placeholder for substantive change. “The Virginia Model” is an illusion where the Virginia DOC improves a bare minimum, as a matter of basic human standards, and claims that being so very late to the game – and still making no major changes – it is somehow coming into line with any other civilized country, or other states who are making legitimate changes.

Even having the deadbolts still on the doors, after twice being told to physically remove them, tells you everything you need to know about the lawless, dangerous Virginia DOC. That any staff member would think it okay to actually use the deadbolts merely serves to drive the point home. But then, when has Virginia ever been anything more than a problem, a cancer left festering and unheeded?

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

David Sowers is a 68-year-old man who exudes calm. He is well educated and is well collected. He speaks of fairness and equality and acts in a manner that is becoming of those ideals. He exhibits a level of patience that I envy, and a compassion I share. He is a good man. Knowing this, you might be surprised that he has served 44 years in the Virginia DOC. He was arrested in 1981. There are no crimes I am able to name that justify more than 4 decades in prison. Every other civilized country in the world agrees with that sentiment. Many of the 50 states have come to that same conclusion. On June 2^nd, 2025, David was denied parole for the 30^th time. I am not only saddened for my friend David, who is the quintessential example of who should be granted parole, but I am also actually offended by so blind a decision. David simply takes it in stride.

As the Virginia parole board knows, they violated David’s due process, as per VA Code section 53-1-136; there was no public hearing, and he never met with the board itself. I am going to write numerous articles and essays about the VA parole board, who I see as a state-sponsored terrorist group. My friend David will write a well-thought-out essay about justice and probably several haikus, which he really enjoys and is quite good at. I am going to exhibit resistance-fighter levels of ire and openly accuse the parole board of a number of provable legal and human-rights violations. David will continue to be, in every way, a perfect candidate for parole as he prepares for the next review, patiently doing everything expected of him regardless of the fact that the Virginia parole board cannot see anything beyond a single event in 1981, 44 years ago.

I have no idea what David’s crime was; I don’t ask. It was 44 years ago, and it is entirely irrelevant to his being my friend. I was 6 in 1981, and I am certain that I did some stupid things, too. I don’t want to know what he did because it will not change my opinion of who he is: a good man who helps me navigate the nightmare that is Virginia’s prisons, and who has become a very good human being in spite of more than 4 decades of inhumane captivity. I don’t need to know what crime he committed 44 years ago, in 1981. He finished paying his debt 20 years ago, and every civilized country would agree. Continuing to hold this man in prison only proves that Virginia is inhumane, and a failed state.

Making matters worse, the Virginia parole board under the state pariah Patricia West combined two separate parole hearings – based on totally separate criteria – into one denial. This is just another example of a government agency acting in a lawless manner, something the Virginia parole board does weekly. The Virginia parole board and Patricia West are violent criminals. They have done nothing but cause harm to thousands of captives whose debts, and so much more, are paid. My friend David is among those who have been harmed and victimized by that parole board.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

Chief among the pivots and illusions is the name itself: “The Virginia Model.” Originally, as advertised in various media interviews and emails from assorted administrators, it was being sold as “based on incentive prisons in Florida and Texas,” which are part of larger programs in those states. The VADOC latched onto two very specific parts of the Florida and Texas models: “enhanced menus and better sleeping mats.” These two aspects of the incentive programs in Florida and Texas are minor, with the key incentives including educational opportunities and more importantly time off of sentences. Virginia offers neither of these incentives. Virginia is actually 50^th, dead last in education and is notorious and reviled for its insane excessive sentencing that occurs under judges who are given to rogue behaviors that appear as petty tyranny in local fiefdoms with little to no oversight.

It wasn’t long before this initial deceit was discovered and exposed. Shortly after that the “Virginia Model” became the new cover story. As part of that cover story the focus on an “enhanced menu” and “better mats” became its calling card. At first it was a selling point with things like a special quarterly meal and a salad bar. It took no time at all to discover the underlying truth of these two focal points: The food, still substandard at least a couple times per week, was improved as a matter of law when the budget for prisoner food was increased to a whopping $4.50/per prisoner/per day. This was in response – however delayed – to a Washington and Lee University report that showed diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in prisoners are nationally 10% higher than average and in Virginia they were 30% higher than that. The report surfaced in 2018. Four years, numerous dead prisoners, lawsuits, and complaints later, the VADOC had its budget altered in 2022… 3 years after “enhanced meals” were being presented as “incentives” when in fact they are required.

“Better mats” is equally deceitful. They are the same mats, double stuffed as a means of keeping an increasingly older population of captives – a result of Virginia’s draconian systems and excessive sentences – from encountering serious orthopedic problems; those being also a result of years and decades sleeping on steel bunks. Again, this is not so much the VADOC turning over a new leaf as much as it is a means of avoiding future lawsuits. The VADOC is plagued by lawsuits, a result of its inability to provide proper, consistent, modern medical care through capable, educated, and properly trained medical staff. The “enhanced mats” are a Band-Aid on a gaping wound in the prisons, and a cheap, thrift-store dress on a pig to display before the local media.

It is worth noting that the VADOC still provides only the most cursory mental-health care, where 45% of its captives are diagnosed with moderate-to-severe mental-health issues. This problem alone warrants severe retributions levied against VADOC. It also adheres to almost no federal standards of any kind. This applies to most areas of its legal and judicial system, but especially – and dangerously – is the lack of standards in its prisons. Overcrowded and filthy conditions lead to the easy spread of sickness and disease as well as the creation or exacerbation of mental-health crises. Better food and mats offset the other deprivations for only a brief moment. Bread and circuses are, simply put, not a solution to poor conditions in the captivity of tyrants, and tyrants, of the dangerously petty variety, is about all the VADOC is able to attract to its job offers. People are inherently good and honest, so a job that requires being deliberately dishonest, and at least verbally abusive, as a matter of daily business, is generally a turn-off to most good people.

One of the other so called selling points, is the patently false claim of a “community” environment. This is beyond laughable. I’ve been a part of numerous communities before my wrongful conviction, and there is exactly zero community at LVCC. I would even go so far as to say there are negative returns. The first example of this illusion of marketing is the music community. It is mostly people of mediocre skill level with rock-star egos who are desperate to gain control over anything after decades in prison. With little talent, little knowledge outside of jury-rigged understandings of poor-quality equipment, many of these players lack an ability to progress beyond garage-band cover tunes. There are even a couple, who are especially villainous scum, who will – and have – openly deceived and threatened to grasp their positions. This behavior is on full and blatant display for all to witness, and, as a testament to the character of those other players, every one of them will openly tolerate such vile people whose only real skill is the learned ability to manipulate those around them.

That sums up all of the groups in this “community.” It is more a collection of loose factions, all of whose members will stab each other in the back, quite openly and willingly, to improve their own opportunities and gain. This is the prison mentality, and all of the worst examples were “hand-picked” to come to Lawrenceville. There are several of us, very few, who fought to come here, who watch this unfold every day. It is, almost, amazing to see so many prison-trained manipulators in one place, crawling over one another, for the chance to cajole the “brains” of this operation, Assistant Warden Amber Locke. More amazing is that she is either completely blind to what is going on, or, worse, she is in every way complicit. When she is presented with the truth, a captive who is able to offer verifiable information, facts, skills, etc., she will discount that person, opting instead to take their ideas and turn them over to the epitome of unskilled con artists. These people have become known compoundwide as “The Lawrenceville Elite.”

“The Lawrenceville Elite” are a group of people whose only ability is to magically convince staff that they are able to do everything. They lie and cheat to get medical equipment, jobs they are not capable of doing, resources they use to support themselves, and so on. They are, in every way, the exact opposite of good people, and the prison administrators love these guys, and cater to their every need. Together they create a situation that can only be visualized as two leeches in a sort of life-draining position, the worst sort of symbiotic relationship between two different parasites. These people were, mostly, hand-picked by A.W. Amber Leake herself, which says something about who she wants to fill the prison with: bootlickers and other assorted sycophants who seem to do nothing more than look for ways to take.

The facility itself was advertised as catering to security levels 3, 2, and 1. This is the other “incentive” program that a reasonable person would expect to provide those rewards for good behavior.

A reasonable person would be sorely disappointed, as well as immediately confused: lower security levels not only give no extra privileges, but also often add to punishment by forcing captives into the most detrimental environments and prison dormitories. More to the point is that, for all intents and purposes, the VADOC has no incentive programs, and as stated above, it seems quite keen on rewarding poor behaviors, mired in greed and avarice. LVCC is regularly operated as a level-3/4-security prison. This is the habitual misbehavior that all of VADOC exhibits, and it will be found at all levels of VADOC prisons. There is no such thing as “low security,” and there are no rewards for good behaviors in the VADOC. This is something that, as a model prisoner with low-security ratings almost my entire illegal captivity, I can personally attest to.

Further, I would allege that being a model prisoner has in fact attracted extrajudicial punishment in the form of abuse and targeted harassment – including here at LVCC where I am firmly of the opinion that I am being deliberately refused opportunities because of a long history of speaking out – honestly, factually, and with integrity – against the extensive and unresolved list of wrongdoing that daily grows longer.

I enjoy bread and circuses as much as the next foolish American. But I tire of stale bread and cheap repetitive entertainment quicker than most of the dupes who worship the state. The Virginia DOC is now announcing 3 more prisons just like Lawrenceville, all under the guise of “The Virginia Model.”

“The Virginia Model” is not a real thing. It is the least number of changes, in an attempt to mitigate future lawsuits, as well as giving the impression that its massive waste of resources has some merit. It is also a desperate gambit to cover up its murderous reality of destruction, deprivation, harm, and death, all of which is readily available to anyone willing to perform even minimum amounts of research. VADOC caters to the worst, provides nothing for best efforts, and thrives on destroying human families and individuals. Like a drug addict, it is bound by its own negative, destructive, habitual behaviors and it shows no real sincerity in changing its evil ways.

As it is with the national-level problems being, quite clearly, turned in a direction reflective of dictatorial maxims, VADOC and Virginia as a whole, likewise continues its position as a stalwart bastion of despotism and Machiavellian derangements. Just like the national situation, there will be no more legislative change towards greater freedom; those days are long gone. That leaves every citizen – captives in waiting – to make a choice… bend the knee to subjugation and behave as some hell-spawned maggot, crawling over your fellow humans to suck at the tainted teat of the corrupt state … or refuse all cooperations and capitulations to the old rule and that feudal system of aristocratic nobles… The truth is exposed, and you are not obligated to accept the lies.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

This past Thursday, one of those two openly gay men, Sgt. Powell, used his position to force two male captives to be strip-searched by him, upon leaving Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning class. A random strip search, however oppressive the practice is, is not uncommon. It is well known that femaleguards may not strip male captives; male guards may not strip female captives. This is simple and requires very little explanation. I suppose no one applied this logic to gay male guards stripping male captives.

Sgt. Powell had his body camera active when he approached two young men and “randomly selected” them to be stripped. Both captives immediately, and politely, expressed their discomfort and requested that another guard be brought in to perform the strip search. Sgt. Powell refused to contact any other guards and then threatened a charge for “refusing the search,” which would have caused a possible security-level raise and immediate transfer to a less-favorable prison. This was all caught on camera; it is predatory, and it is problematic.

PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) complaints were filed and so far there has been no response from administration. There has been a response from the captives and it has been decidedly anti-LGBTQIA+. This does not bode well for a community under attack regularly and it is the opinion of this writer that, in fact, the VADOC actually wanted to create deeper animosity as a matter of divide-and-conquer tactics. To that point it falls upon the LGBTQIA+ community to address the guard, the LVCC Admins, and the VADOC in Richmond to prevent any further animosity.

We who are captives, generally, despise collective punishment, when one person’s actions get everyone punished. It should be prevented in all communities.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

“Radically different” is almost offensive. Lawrenceville, listed as open to levels 3, 2, and 1, like most VADOC prisons, is operated at a level higher than listed. Excessive controlled movement and abusive staff seem to scream “Red Onion” and “Wallen’s Ridge.” In fact, as staff openly interfere with program schedules and movement, an observer would see and hear captives say these very things to staff. Numerous captives have already requested transfers. Even the false narrative presented by VADOC officials – who despise truth and facts – is not “radically different” but, instead, the same old smoke and mirrors used to distract everyone from that same old rotten truth they hope to hide under fresh coats of cheap paint.

“Something new and uniquely Virginian” is therefore a flat-out lie. Some people might point out the salads – enhanced food menu – or better cheap mats, or the field days and peer-led programs. A solid response to such state support is that bread and circuses did not prevent Rome’s demise. “Let them eat cake” worked out poorly for Ms. Antoinette. In other words, some people might be wrong. The better food is a matter of law, Virginia General Assembly, 2022 and now 3 years later finally being rolled out as an “incentive.” It is not something new, but old and required by law. The mats are the same, double-stuffed, so that an aging captive population is not sleeping on hard steel, leading to major orthopedic problems adding to medical costs – mostly lawsuit payouts because the VADOC does not provide proper medical care.

Otherwise, the same old routine. Here are some things that actually are unique to Virginia: highest DOC expenditure, 27% of the state budget; excessive sentencing to a level unheard of elsewhere; Virginia is 50^th in education, dead last; a 20% rate of wrongful convictions, highest in the U.S.; and a 57% rate of mortality for birthing mothers. Actually, that list is quite extensive and goes on for some length and includes allegations of corruption statewide and can leave a person’s mind numb. Virginia is, uniquely, horrible and its DOC reflects every bit of it.

“The Virginia Model” is what they call this fabrication. They had to change the title because at first it was “based on the Florida and Texas models.” Those models rely on DOC-sanctioned programs, based on modern educational standards that Virginia cannot match. Those models also provide for time off sentences when programs are completed. Virginia relies on 40-year-old outdated programs, or programs created by captives that are not DOC-sanctioned (though sometimes better than DOC programs) and Virginia provides no time off its excessive sentencing. Also, the VADOC has another incentive program called “security levels,” which are also based on good behavior, and also provide not a single real incentive, privilege, or reward. The “Virginia Model” is just another layer of paint on a rotten house. Besides, only in the Virginia DOC can basic human standards of care be spun into “incentives,” and saying that they are tells you everything you need to know about the VADOC and its “radically different” “uniquely Virginian” “Virginia Model.”

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

Reporters Alison Williams and Rolynn Wilson did a good job of exposing a small part of the truth, especially by getting firsthand reports from two previous captives who served time at Red Onion and a third who has been reporting on that facility and the VADOC for years from within. They also spoke with Virginia Delegates Jones and Seibold, both of whom visited and saw the Red Onion nightmare firsthand with their own eyes.

There was one thing missing, and that was a follow-up investigation into comments by VADOC Director Chadwick Dotson. Dir Dotson claimed that Red Onion – and by extension the VADOC – were in compliance with American Correctional Association standards. There are two points to this statement: One, none of the VADOC prisons are compliant with ACA standards and, in fact, Virginia as a whole seems to work overtime to avoid or circumvent any sort of federal standards and rulings across its entire legal system. Second, ACA standards are quite literally meaningless. In March 2024 it was reported by Forbes Magazine that the Federal Bureau of Prisons did not renew its contract with the ACA, citing its “Sham Investigations” that rubber stamp prisons’ self-reporting. In Virginia, where corruption is now bordering on legendary, any claims of being in compliance with an oversight group like the ACA is nothing more than an admission of guilt.

The VADOC is a massive can of worms, as is the state of Virginia. Hopefully, the can is finally being opened wide, but much more needs to be investigated, and exposed.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

In June of 2023, after years of fighting, I was taken to see Orthopedic Specialist Dr. Natalie Vaughan at Carilion Orthopedics & Neuroscience Institute on Franklin Road, Roanoke. At that time, she indicated I should have been brought to see her much sooner, and that I needed surgery to restore full use of my left hand… I have not yet had that surgery.

Several months ago, I was taken to see Dr. Bevelague at the South Hampton Medical Center. He also indicated I needed surgery and stated he would recommend me to an orthopedic specialist for my hand… I have yet to see (another) hand specialist… I have not yet had that surgery.

Today, I was called to see a physical therapist, Mr. Watson, at Lawrenceville Correctional. He immediately said he could guide me through all post-op recovery, but that surgery was necessary. He said he would recommend me to an orthopedic hand specialist who would tell me what I already know… at this point, why bother? I cannot trust these people.

I have permanent double vision, a result of numerous head traumas while in the custody of Virginia offices and also the VADOC. Dr. Felton at Neuro Optometry, Medical College of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University, can verify this and so will any medical record.

This is on top of a near fatal traumatic brain injury experienced prior to my incarceration, the symptoms of which have been both ignored and exacerbated by my years of unconstitutional captivity. The TBI is also on my record; both Dr. Felton and TI specialist Dr. Ralph Brown of Carilion Care Clinic, Lamb Circle, Christiansburg VA can confirm this and that it was quite severe.

There are other issues, as I grow older in the VADOC’s deprived environments, but I am done playing whack-a-mole and jumping through endless hoops only to repeatedly find myself starting the process over again.

Therefore, as a reasonably intelligent human being, I am forced as a matter of personal safety to avoid cooperation with the so called “medical care,” of the VADOC. This is not a refusal of medical care, which I have hundreds of pages of documentation showing 9 years of desperate fighting for simple basic care, which any human being has a right to (every scrap of paper has been saved), but I will not allow myself to be caused further harm, especially psychologically, as the VADOC drags me around as a rabid dog drags a caught child.

Furthermore, I am firmly of the opinion that VADOC owes me millions of dollars, for deliberate denial of care, documented, and the avoidable disability. as well as years of pain that continues to this day.

The VADOC will not get my weight, my blood pressure, not one drop of blood. I will not sign a single piece of paper and will discuss this no further, with the exception of a member of the General Assembly, the media, or an attorney. Please, share widely.

I absolutely expect retaliatory actions, which is the VADOC modus operandi.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

In 1994, at 18 years of age, Larry was convicted of Robbery, Burglary, First-Degree Murder, and several gun charges. He received a life sentence plus 116 years. For the last 30 years he has maintained his innocence. His conviction was based solely on the forced confession obtained by the brutal Detective Robert Glenn Ford, one of Virginia’s disgraced officers, who was exposed and proven guilty of numerous acts of accepting bribes, fraud, false statements, coerced statements, and confessions. Larry was among the many victims of this Virginia officer, and he is one of the last still being held captive, even though the state knows without doubt that he is innocent. The majority of those caught in the web of Dt. Ford’s deceit and trickery have been granted relief. This includes Larry’s brother Kevin, who was pardoned by Governor Northam.

From the start, Larry’s case was a sham evinced by the Prosecutor made the decision of nolle prosequi for the charges, after Larry refused a plea for 25 years. One of 5 suspects – the only one that an indictment was sought for – Larry was released and placed on probation. Less than 6 months later and with no new evidence, Larry was re-indicted. He was denied an attorney during two separate interrogations and maintains he repeatedly requested one. This is a well-known denial of rights in Virginia, and a common occurrence. There were no fingerprints found, the guns used were in no way associated with Larry, and the stolen property was actually in the possession of someone else.

It wasn’t just a corrupt Virginia police officer (and Det. Ford worked this case with a Det. Myers and Det. Henderson, who so far have not been investigated) but there was also another prejudicial factor involved: the victim was the nephew of Virginia Judge Gutterman. Larry was actually brought before Judge Gutterman before the Judge recused himself from the case. Still, the damage had been done, and there can be little doubt that the familial relationship between the victim and a local judge played a role in pressuring the prosecutor into putting an innocent man in prison. It is also worth noting that the supposed burglary accomplice, who had the stolen property, was never charged with a crime.

These sorts of situations are not the exceptions; they are the example of business as usual in the Virginia judicial system. The story of Jermaine Doss is almost identical and involves the very same crooked Virginia cop, Det. Ford. Just like Jermaine, Larry is left languishing in a prison, fighting for relief in a case where all of the evidence points to his innocence, and his being set up by a crooked cop and all-too-complacent prosecutor. This should never happen anywhere in this nation. Sadly, it happens all too often in Virginia, and the statistics bear this out. In a turn of events that at least promises some hope, The Innocence Project at the UVA School of Law is pursuing Larry’s long-overdue justice.

Even though Larry was dealt the most heinous injustice, his true character has shown through.

He has become an accomplished artist, whose murals brighten the walls of several Virginia prisons. He is also a hero. On January 20, 2018, Larry saved the life of Correctional Officer Price at Sussex 1 Correctional Center. Larry prevented C.O. Price from being stabbed and was himself stabbed 3 times in the process. Mr. Larry Capers Jr. also prevented the overdose deaths of 2 other prisoners, one in 2021 and another in 2022. All of these events are noted on his DOC record.

Virginia must address its rate of wrongful convictions. It must also, immediately release Mr. Larry B. Capers Jr.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

–John Kenneth Galbraith

Anarchy. For those interested in this “political” theory, the only one that humankind has never actually attempted to put into practicable action, there is no shortage of well-thought-out material to review. Emma Goldman jumps to the front where anarchism is defined, but we also have de Cleyre, Stiner, Czolgosz, Kropotkin, Galleani, and Parsons, just to name a few who have identified and influenced the ideas theories, and ideals of anarchism. Whether it was how to address the message to people, what class(es) of people needed to hear it most, even the value of “propaganda by the deed” of the whens or wheres this was acceptable, if at all. There is likewise the more serious issue of governments, through their domination of education of media, misrepresentation of what anarchy is. With this being the situation, there is very little reason to rehash what anarchism is, but plenty of reason to contradict the government’s false representations of anarchism, and open room to begin discussing – in earnest –how to push anarchism back to the foreground; debates are always healthy.

The word “anarchy,” if every government and state-controlled media outlet were to have their way, would continue to equate to out-of-control mobs with pitchforks and torches. This is of course not true in theory or practice. A “mob,” with or without accoutrements, is regularly known by its obvious synonym, “majority;” in a democracy for example where 51% tell the other 49% to shut up and accept it, often under a very clear imposition of violent threat (governmental). Anarchy cannot be such a thing because it literally means “not governed,” and anyone who has even a cursory understanding of history is well aware that it is the imposition of excessive order – by a government – that leads to rebellious behaviors (also not anarchy, and have yet to lead to any anarchistic collectivist societies, yet). So, we know that anarchism is not what governments say it is. We also know governments fear what anarchism represents because it means an end to a ruling class, at the very least.

Governments, for some 8,000 years and in every one of their forms to date, have been a bane to humanity. They are a class of people who, generally and historically, perform none of the labor, take all of the resources and claim that through that model – usually reinforced with some tool of violence – they deserve and are ordained that privilege as an inherent right. This is often further reinforced by some elaborate story of divinity or pure blood or the like, and it’s a story that has been recycled to support every powerbase in history. In less friendly terms, with no nuance, governments are parasitic, and nothing besides. Anarchism, in all of its variations, takes all the hot air out of that balloon, leaving the parasites gasping like a fish on the sand.

It has been suggested that anarchism go forward under a pseudonym of some kind. This would be disingenuous, but has also occurred as variations on the theory of anarchism have evolved and adapted, zenarchy for example. It has also been called y titles associated with certain groups and their interpretations, such as Syndicalism. This is similar, with or without such an intent, as when Gerald Gardner – seen as the grandfather of modern witchcraft – suggested calling “witchcraft” ‘wicca.’ y doing so, many of the negative associations were, mostly dropped over time. It is a sort of rebranding. I would suggest that with anarchism such a thing should not be done, and I would also suggest that at this time in human history there is much fertile ground in which to plant and germinate the seeds of anarchism. Anarchism is, after all, the purest freedom and to quote Ward Churchill “Freedom is the absence of all regulations.”

How to go about this is a whole other discussion and certainly messaging is a key point of that discussion. As a general rule, humans are afraid of freedom. It requires much risk and even more personal responsibility. This fear explains how in a world where so much individualism is praised, so many blindly follow the herd, dodging every opportunity to be an individual. This behavior has become as ironically habitual as the unfounded arrogance of the average American citizen regarding his or her own (and national) exceptionalism.

My years of captivity as a wrongfully convicted survivor of police brutality has conformed to one of the basic tenets of activism: find what is common between what you are protesting and what other activist groups are focused on. For example, the ecological harm is always associated with prisons. This means prison abolition activists and climate activists have a shared goal. With this in mind, and given to the considerably volatile political climate, it would seem a way could be found to offer anarchism as a viable solution. How to phrase that and sell it, so to speak, is up for discussion even if it wasn’t before now. The same might be said about any or all of the growing number of crises our species face, all of which are in some way – mostly directly – related to the fact that, simply put, government is bad. So, associating anarchistic principles with immediate solutions to problems, especially those caused by the current paradigm, at the local level and especially between neighbors, is a good way to impact opinions.

The debate about violent versus nonviolent has been raging for some time. It needs to be said that the reason violence is used so often by those in power is that it works. It works dreadfully well … it also works for liberation. Regardless of the reason, this seems to be catching on, most notably in the actions of Luigi Mangione, and also the reactions of the populace who agreed and supported the act. Propaganda of the deed. I am not going to condemn or condone this act or its responses. Morality is often a matter of individual beliefs, and who am I to determine what is wrong or right? That being said, violence, at least down the hierarchical ladder, has seemed acceptable, and only when it is directed upwards, towards the royalty in power, do statements about violence come into play.

To that point, we now live in a world where assassinating one of the nobility is not the only option. In fact, it may only occasionally be a viable option. Attacks on transportation of goods, or the manufacturing of goods controlled by governments, can be made without causing injury. Everything is in some way tied to computers or energy consumption. Truly this leaves a lot of vulnerable places to target. It is a fact that hackers could collapse society as we currently know it. The real question is: Why have they not done so? This question is especially asked of the eco-warriors. The point being that opportunities for “propaganda of the deed” acts are everywhere, yet so far there are no actions taken. Eight thousand years of history have certainly determined that governments will not disrupt and dismantle themselves for the betterment of humanity – quite the opposite – doing whatever is needed to maintain continuity. Activists were not the first to say, “by any means necessary.”

Another point I would like to bring up is reverting to lo-tech. My years in captivity have made me a supporter of the old ways, like handwritten letters sent by snail mail. Emails – via JPAY for me – are so much easier to look through than my outgoing mail, which they would need to open and would then need to reseal. Out in the real world no one is really monitoring snail mail, and probably very little monitoring of ham radio (private radio stations), and more localities, especially in rural areas have TV signals over the airwaves. The governments are spending far more time monitoring the Internet and computers because everyone goes there. A good old-fashioned mail campaign would be almost novel.

While we can identify a thousand reasons to adopt anarchistic principles and ideals, there are similarly no reasons remaining to continue the pursuit of any form of government. At this time in history, we see the opportunity to more deeply plant the seeds of freedom from tyranny thousands of years old.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

On February 10, 2025, The Washington Examiner ran a piece by Virginia Delegate Wren Williams. In that piece, Delegate Williams made a number of assertions that are questionable, and some of which are flat-out false, regarding criminal-justice reform. While there is room for debate as to whether or not President Donald Trump has Criminal Justice Reform as a “key priority,” citing Virginia as a model to follow is a stretch on the best of days. Even more so when compared to the reforms made in other states and prisons (San Quentin comes immediately to mind).

Florida gets some credit where mental-health diversions programs prevent its prisons from becoming mental-health warehouses. This was a focus of a PBS “Frontline” report a couple of years ago. Virginia, I can tell you from direct experience, can make no such claims. Even though a bill passed in 2020 requiring courts to take mental-health history into consideration, surveys show that 46% of Virginia’s captives have moderate to severe mental-health diagnoses. Adding mild and undiagnosed captives into that cohort drives the statistic up. Mental-health care is cursory at best within the Virginia DOC, and, again, I speak from a personal set of experiences.

It is also interesting that Delegate Williams chose to also bring up education. Virginia is currently 50^th in education nationwide under Governor Youngkin. Dead Last. Meanwhile, VADOC consumes $1.54 billion per fiscal year. That budget, one of the highest in the nation, accounts for 27% of the entire state budget. Similarly, some aspects of vocational training is prevented from being taught because of “security concerns,” leading to incomplete job training. I wonder – is Delegate Williams aware of these readily available facts when he speaks?

Delegate Williams also makes some grand overtures about Virginia’s Governor Youngkin and his stance on criminal-justice reform. These overtures are, simply put, false. Governor Youngkin’s record speaks for itself, loudly, as he has openly and vocally blocked all attempts to reform Virginia’s criminal-justice system, at one point setting a record for the most vetoes by a Governor. This has led to numerous suits supported – or brought – by the Virginia American Civil Liberties Union. Notably was Governor Youngkin’s attempt to prevent captives from good-behavior rewards in sentence reductions (2022). It was overturned by the Courts, and has recently made an attempt once again, by a budgetary amendment (the recent VA General Assembly Session, Jan./Feb. 2025).

Research quickly shows that Virginia is not a model for reforms. It has the 9^th-highest incarceration rate with the 13^th-highest incarcerated population. Its rate of recidivism is actually 67%, cleverly hidden by reporting only on its “A+ students” and its long history of grossly excessive sentencing (known locally as “football numbers.”). Virginia also claims the nation’s highest wrongful-conviction rate: 20% (PEW Survey). Virginia is also regularly ranked among the 5 worst DOCs in the country and far too often found to be a national pariah because of laws and decisions that are decades away from modern civilized jurisprudence. In Delegate Williams’s own district, allegations of open corruption have been levied against Commonwealth Attorney William Eric Branscom. No investigation has been forthcoming, and certainly not an independent one. There are quite possibly dozens upon dozens of wrongful convictions involved in this one local court, approximately 4,800 statewide across all offices and districts.

Delegate Williams, considering the opinions that you put forward, perhaps you should look at the reality in Virginia much more closely. While we must agree that reforms are needed, with immediacy, so is the truth, sir; so is the truth.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

One of the biggest examples is the VADOC retrofit of Lawrenceville cell doors with maximum-security doors. If anything says, “campus and community” or “restorative justice model,” it is replacing perfectly good wooden doors with loud steel doors – on a compound set up to be medium and low security. Millions of dollars are being wasted, and it is a fact that installing these doors – unnecessarily – required altering the concrete structure, which creates a probability of structural safety concerns. Given the VADOC’s long history of getting things done as quickly and cheaply as possible – with no oversight – the safety concern is obvious.

Another great example is the supposed “staff shortage.” This is a lie and on any given day several dozen guards can be found doing nothing more than standing around, to the tune of $44,000 per guard, per year. The only thing there is a shortage of where security staff is concerned is quality of character. Along with being abusive, dishonest, and lazy, it is a well-known and established fact that VADOC staff are the prime cause of contraband coming in. From the Major down to the newest guard, there is an open attitude of disruption designed to sabotage and subvert any changes to the old ways in the VADOC. Administrators are aware and simply look the other way as they always have.

Non-security staff, on several occasions, have told the captives that we are being lied to by administrators. That David Robinson, who has been seen at Lawrenceville on at least 2 occasions, is now blocking all of the positive changes that were spoken of publicly. Single cells, freedom of movement, proper food (a statewide change), new and improved program options (we’re seeing the same old failed options). This is just one more example of the increasingly desperate need for independent investigations, oversight, and the wholesale restructuring of the entire DOC.

The dysfunction is massive and widespread, at Lawrenceville and across the entire VADOC. Continuing on the same path that has led to endless failures and a bloated DOC budget is unsustainable.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

The “formal count” is where captives are required – unnecessarily for what it is – to stand up and be counted. Two things about this: it makes it abundantly clear that the VADOC considers its captive human beings as property, i.e., slaves; it lets the entire world know that unless a captive is standing those people hired as guards will be entirely incapable of properly counting a total of two people per cell. (Note: even when captives, some of whom are infirm, are forced under threat of punishment to stand

for count, the guards get the count wrong anyway; also, the overcrowding is evident.) It is entirely unnecessary to stand to be counted and in fact I believe the people hired as guards by the VADOC would find themselves overwhelmed if one of the captives decided to “stand and be counted,” if you follow my meaning.

It makes sense, when counting your slaves, to be certain they are alive. In the VADOC, this is admittedly quite important because in fact captives die at an alarming rate in the VADOC (abuse, medical neglect, and high suicide rates). Still, this requires nothing more than a raised arm from the steel bunk. Evidence that a captive is alive and in no way free from enslavement. Forcing captives to stand up is about exerting authority, being oppressive. This stems from the inherent understanding that VADOC staff actually have no legitimate authority. They live and act in an illusion, propped up by poor training … and bad policies.

Forced standing is even more harmful considering the number of captives in their later years. A large majority of captives are over 50. Under the VADOC’s policies of harm, which includes preventing healthy activity and exercise and poor nutrition built around too many carbohydrates and too much salt, their health is below the average of those not being held captive. Blood pressure and cardio issues, diabetes, assorted problems with respiratory symptoms, and all manner of other various issues leading to dizzy spells or vertigo. This is, of course, known to the VADOC and is, of course, exactly the reason behind the policy.

At Lawrenceville Correctional, a prison that is being called “a new model prison,” any implementation of such policies is ludicrous and contradictory to all that the captives, and the public, have been told about LVCC. Actually, in an email on February 3, 2025 “Re: LVCC Admin. Updates,” point number two explicitly does not mention the need to “stand,” only that “the expectation for community numbers … you are expected to have both feet on the ground for formal counts …”. For those on the top bunk (part of LVCC’s overcrowding problems), this clearly means getting down. Foolish, but absolutely necessary to have “both feet” on the floor. This is notrequired of those on the bottom bunk, and those on the top are clearly allowed to get down and sit in a chair. “Standing” is not mentioned, and it is not implied, plain and simple, and rightfully so for such an archaic and useless policy.

The VADOC is a miasma of poor policy, bad management, excessive waste, and perpetual failure in all of its proclaimed goals. Now, that disease is beginning to infect LVCC, and so obviously so that some staff (who will remain anonymous) are telling captives that everything “has been a lie.” Given what we are watching develop (and what has not developed after 7 months), this seems to be in line with the usual VADOC modus operandi, a result of bad policy.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

As a matter of transparency, the LVCC has smoothed way for policies involving polyhedral dice, Magic the Gathering game cards, a salad bar (which screams “problematic”), and numerous other small benefits to increase the general comfort of the captives. To be sure, this is a break from the VADOC’s usual modus operandi of nightmarish abuse and misery. At the same time, even with more improvements to comfort expected as time passes – and in fact in the process of approval – it is the failure to address all of the main issues that have caused the VADOC to be regularly ranked among the 5 worst DOCs in the nation (recent exposure of the truth inside the VADOC prisons has likely led to an even lower rank).

Currently, the biggest problem facing LVCC 2.0 is the “security” staff. This is, frankly, absolutely no surprise because the “security” staff re always a major part of the VADOC’s problems. Mostly uneducated, exhibiting sociopathic tendencies, a propensity to be bullying, all of which is severely exacerbated by the VADOC training, which openly includes teaching dishonesty, deceit, bad attitudes, and a general disdain for actual “correction” of any errors, to say nothing of rehabilitation and restoration. At LVCC 2.0 it is that much worse because at least 50% of the security staff worked for GEO Group, and more than a few are regularly pointed out as the pack mules for contraband.

One of the biggest red flags of a problem with security staff is when they start using the tired and old, factually inaccurate excuse of “short staffed” as an excuse to lock down an entire prison. The VADOC regularly claims to have only 30% of necessary staff, plus or minus a point or two. This is entirely false in every way. Just a week ago we all witnessed 43 staff simply standing around doing absolutely nothing other than draining the coffers of Virginia. The truth is this: the VADOC is actually overstaffed, and it doesn’t take a mathematician to run those basic numbers; also the VADOC will never be any more overstaffed than it currently is, nor not by any measurable amount. No one of good-quality character wants a job where doing nothing or being abusive are the duties. Further, the greater majority of U.S. citizens – and this includes in Virginia – simply do not want prisons anymore, and certainly will not work for an industry that has no real future. When the only people who want the job are dangerous and hit their peak in 7^th grade there is no path out. The VADOC starts these mouth-breathers at $44,000 per year, far more than their abilities or the job responsibilities warrant. “Short staffed” is one of those provably false justifications for the laziest of the lazy to do even less, and with the added bonus of legally harming human beings.

Often this sort of chicanery stems from whatever yahoo is “in charge” of security staff. To be clear, that person is referred to as the “Major” (DOC ranks are not real or recognized outside of the DOC) and they are never actually in charge. Every captive at every prison in Virginia will tell you the exact same thing. Each shift, and too often each individual guard, does whatever they want, whenever they see fit. It is one of the most entertaining and flabbergasting things a person can witness: absolutely no one is in charge because everyone is in charge. Nonetheless, at LVCC, Major “Janky” Jenkins has a single standing order that the bulk of her lackeys follow: subvert and sabotage every order and policy edict handed down by the administration. Major “Janky” Jenkins is a legitimate state-sponsored domestic terrorist and a very real danger to the 700+ captives currently held at LVCC.

This is problematic on so many obvious – and less-obvious – ways. It is also a systemic VADOC issue that the VADOC is very much aware of, yet simply refuses to address at the prison level or above. A perfect example is a letter sent to LVCC’s AW, Ms. Leake, informing her of the quite open behaviors by the security staff aimed at disrupting the entire compound and the goals set forth by the administrators. In her handwritten, signed, and dated response she suggested that the author of the letter could “opt out,” a term regularly used to reference “suicide.” Certainly (?) she meant something else, a transfer perhaps, but the choice of phrasing leaves a lot of questions (that letter has been sent to a media outlet).

Having mentioned several of the cursory “incentives,” it is worth pointing out that two of the most sought-after incentives – which are often found at the better examples of incentive-based, restorative-justice community-centered prisons – single cells and freedom of movement are not available. This is quite telling, given the use of words like “community” and “campus environment” thrown around since the announcement about LVCC, thrown around by the VADOC administrators themselves. An overcrowded environment where everything is controlled movement is just another standard VADOC failed prison model. They are all the same, without regard to security level and the illusion of earned privileges. That means that LVCC is no different, and neither are the false claims made by VADOC administrators. LVCC could begin solving some of that problem immediately because there are a number of level-4 (overridden to level-3) captives who could be moved to an open building, immediately freeing up approximately 140 cells to allow for lower-security level 1s and 2s to have single cells. It’s a simple thing, and if they immediately stop wasting millions of dollars putting maximum-security (level 5) doors in yet another building – replacing perfectly good wooden doors – they would have had another build to do the same with.

The problem – and dear god there are just so many problems – is that simple logic is lost on the VADOC staff. It is as if to even be eligible you must have verifiable ID-IO-T PAPERS. Logic, a necessity for most critical-thinking and planning skills, is not the only thing lacking. Rational thoughts, basic logistics, scheduling, risk-versus-reward analysis, basic reading and writing, some understanding of human nature, all of these are missing from whatever bizarre process that VADOC staff lurch through, and I very much imagine that “lurching” is exactly how it would appear in a very real sense. The very idea of common sense, among all of the wasted resources these people burn through, is actually a nonstarter. The entire VADOC, staffed by a majority of what amounts to mewling cabbages, is one giant, dysfunctional non-sequitur. A Rube Goldberg machine after weeks of copious bingeing on methamphetamines.

There is no explaining things to these sort of people; they refuse to acknowledge their errors (or their Trump-like narcissism), even when the truth (and consequences) is like a lightning-bright neon sign, spelling out the word “stupid” with the shape of an arrow pointing directly at the mistake. We are speaking of people who cannot manage the mechanics of operating a snow shovel or spreading salt down properly (as the past few weeks have so painfully illustrated, repeatedly). Really, if you are too inept – or too damned lazy – to manage the basics of using a shovel, how can anyone suggest you are capable and prepared to safeguard the lives of hundreds of humans (or any living creature) with a straight face? At the same time, the staff are so inept – or so extremely, deliberately dangerous – that they regularly use the strobe effect on their high-powered flashlights, risking seizures among the captives (many of whom actually do suffer from seizures).

This is the prime place to segue into the concerns about medical care, which is beyond sub-par and represents a very real and constant threat of harm or death to every captive in the VADOC. There is so much documentation on this problem that it isn’t even worth covering the endless lies spewed by the parroting spokespeople, or actual officials at the VADOC. From the start, it is important to acknowledge that, in a country with a shortage of health-care professionals, serious questions must be asked about the qualifications and records of any health-care professionals who willingly choose to work in any prison environment, which includes enduring all of the extraordinary nonsense that comes with it. Once you’ve established the probable issues with qualifications and/or past-history concerns, which are the equally probable reasons preventing these health-care professionals – so-called – from obtaining legitimate jobs at far more reputable venues for medical care, you’ve begun unwrapping what are very poorly concealed and quite obvious problems.

Staffing is not the only issue in the VADOC, and it is worth noting that the bulk of the VADOC’s budgetary expenditure “for medical care” will be found to be spent on paying out for the endless lawsuits (which likely includes legal costs such as bribing federal judges). This sort of questionable behavior is no different from VADOC’s staff, “medical” or otherwise, circumventing a Doctor’s opinions and recommen-dations. This happens almost daily and again, as I have said so many times before, were an independent investigation to be pushed, ugly things would be discovered. An example of this sort of dangerous and sociopathic insanity was recently reported at Fluvanna Correctional, where a woman with a possibly fatal heart condition was basically the victim of VADOC’s staff openly stating that an actual licensed Doctor in the field of cardiology somehow knew less than some Virginia yahoo who works for the VADOC. I actually have similar medical evidence that shows the same sort of deliberate indifference by the VADOC (I also have evidence of a VA Prosecutor and a VA Judge openly asserting they know more than a medical expert, on record).

Actually getting to see a real doctor is a whole other type of nightmare, plagued with misuses of the word “security,” which is almost always a euphemism for “abusive harm.” It is a common occurrence that guards will, unnecessarily, wake you up at 3 AM even though you will not be leaving the compound until 5:30-6:30 AM. There is a full set of shackles and chains that often leave clear bruises on your ankles and wrists. Guards love to put those cuffs on too tight, and obviously so. Anything to create unnecessary discomfort and harm. This is followed by the van ride to. Virginia Commonwealth University and the Medical College of Virginia (VCU and MCV). Once there, you are carted into an underground hole that is often overcrowded with captives from other prisons. A room with space for maybe 20 regularly has as many as 40 captives crammed in. These trips can take as long as 12 hours round trip, even though it is only an hour drive each way and most appointments take only an hour. This is due to the VADOC’s famously best attribute: poor planning.

The level of discomfort and anxiety, deliberately created, can be easily expounded upon, but you get the idea. The purpose of this behavior is clear: if medical care is turned into a total headache and nightmare, the captives will be less likely to ask for it. It’s a classic act of “Problem, reaction, solution,” where the solution is to provide zero medical care. Problems are deliberately baked into getting that care, generating an aversion to asking for care, and so the solution is achieved. Of course this is also why the VADOC has to constantly reimagine its excuses for so many infirm – or dead – captives. Handing out endless false statements to cover up its inequities is second nature to the VADOC, an old habit to fall into, and while one could easily fill a book on this subject alone, #CultofLuigi more succinctly conveys the sentiment.

Another area of epic failures is in education, and again it appears that LVCC 2.0 is simply following the same old pattern that has done nothing to better serve the citizens of Virginia. The VADOC loves to force its captives into “education.” A GED is mandatory, under threat of punitive action. The various vocational classes are not taught to their entirety, with “security” that tried and truly misused word (and most magical of euphemisms), being regularly cited as the justification for the lapse. This is in a state that is ranked 50^th, dead last, in education (it is so bad that weather forecasters in Richmond use levels of puff”: “a jacket should have 5 levels of ‘puff’” to help Virginians understand what “cold” is … you just cannot make this stuff up, and I am beyond confused by it all.

A few of the VADOC prisons do offer a 2-year degree in “general studies,” but that is the only college offerings to be found unless you apply to correspondence courses. Virginia knows well that an uneducated population is easier to oppress, a tactic they have mastered during their centuries of tyranny. This quickly explains why there are no 21^st-century skills being taught, especially in the technology and data sectors, which is where the bulk of the jobs of the future are likely to be found. The VADOC, being one of the oldest slaver cabals in operation, thrives on a business model reliant on “repeat customers.” If it were to educate its captives they would be far more likely to break any cycles of crime (read as “cycles of poverty and missing opportunity”) than the way things are handled currently. This works directly against the agenda of the VADOC and Virginia as a whole. This is proven simply by an historical view of Virginia. You do not need to review that history going back 400 years, though it is enlightening, but just a year, or 5, or 10 will be revelatory of the truth.

The VADOC is a monster and nothing besides. It provides absolutely nothing for society even as it burns though $1.5 billion every year. That represents a massive 27% of the entire state budget. No other state expends so much of its resources on warehousing human beings, with a special focus on disap-pearing behind walls those with mental-health needs (46% VADOC captives are diagnosed, or exhibit signs of, moderate-to-severe mental-health issues). It is in every way incapable of providing even basic human needs, and this is made plain when LVCC 2.0 notes “better food and mattresses” as an “incentive.” Meeting the basic standards of human decency must be more than an incentive; it must become the rule and cease to be the exception. That simple change would certainly play a role in lowering the number of dead and disabled captives, a number that seems to steadily rise. LVCC claims to be pushing forward a better prison, the model for Virginia, and there are signs, as small as they may be, that the attempt is at least being made. With that said, a decision must be made, promptly, to either begin to trust the prisoners of LVCC and facilitate immediate changes to the oppressive, punitive, old ways of running a prison or stop the smoke-and-mirror show. With corruption in every aspect of Virginia’s system of government and justice now being exposed almost daily, LVCC cannot delay and dawdle much longer.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

Like all corrupt institutions, the corruption begins and ends at the top of the pile. The office of the Governor and Attorney General, Virginia’s General Assembly and its Federal Representatives on Capitol Hill, all of the Courts in Virginia – not one single exemption, and that goes double for Virginia’s Commonwealth Attorneys. It is less well hidden at the bottom, Virginia’s police (who had a whirlwind of coverage from 2023-24, none of it flattering) and especially the Virginia DOC where the corruption and crime is a matter of policy, especially the unwritten ones that for decades now have allowed – and encouraged – VADOC staff to smuggle contraband in and to murder captives for fun. Numerous reports have proven these allegations to be fact. Were a legitimate investigation to be done by third parties with a vested interested in truth and justice – not in covering up and protecting Virginia – very large swaths of VADOC staff, from the guards to the desks in Richmond, would find themselves in very deep hot water.

Virginia’s DOC has no standards for hiring. Whether it is a Unit Manager like Ms. Harris who is inept and more than rumored to be racist or Mr. Davis, a “counselor” who is equally inept, or any of the guards such as Rory, Alexander, Stith, or Taylor to name a few. Many of these staff are openly acting in ways that subvert the authority of the Assistant Warden Ms. Leake. When AW Ms. Amber Leake was informed about these open verbalizations and acts of insubordination (under order of Major “Janky” Jenkins) she suggested – in her own handwriting, signed and dated – that the person could “opt out.” I would like to think an Assistant Warden who is claiming to build a “new model” of prison around ideas of incentive and restorative justice meant something other than “suicide” when she said “opt out.” (That correspondence was sent to the newspaper Virginia Defender).

Not a single one of those named, or any of the other VADOC staff (who start at an amazing $44,000 per year to either stand around doing exactly nothing or to be unnecessarily abusive) follow laws, human-rights edicts, or even the VADOC’s own policy. Worse is the way they will manufacture rules to punish and harm. A favorite at Lawrenceville Correctional is to use even a single snowflake or icicle as the justification to shut down outdoor recreation. Another is to refuse to open outdoor recreation until after the sun has been up for hours (LVCC has “all-day” recreation, which means sunup to sundown. Captives are lucky to get 4-5 hours in a day.) While poor-character staff – really low-quality, sociopathic guards – act in this manner (and much worse), the administration of the prison, and the entire VADOC, turn and look the other way. This is directly the type of behavior that has led to dead captives statewide, and only Virginia can destroy the beauty of snow.

The VADOC has recently been found to have conspired with Virginia’s corrupt pardon and parole board, suggested by the Governor and Attorney General’s office. It was determined that, even with 3,600 discretionary parole-eligible captives, many of whom are aging, ill, and infirm, that no one would be granted parole. This began in 2022-23 under Parole Head Chair Chadwick Dotson. Mr. Dotson, now Director of the VADOC, recommended the new Head Chair, the dishonorable Patricia L. West, who recently admitted to prejudice and bias (at LVCC during a “Peace Event” on February 5, 2025), claiming that she wouldn’t vote for the granting of parole in front of dozens of witnesses. Her record stands on its own, though: 16 paroles in 2024, only 0.89% — disgraceful.

It is also widely known that under Attorney General Jason Miyares, wrongful convictions have not only stopped being reviewed and corrected but have actually increased. Again, this is understood to be in collusion with all of the aforementioned corrupt offices. Where once local Courts and Commonwealth Attorneys were required to be discreet with their excessive fraud, under the current administration, it is alleged that everyone has been given a free hand to act completely contrary to truth and justice. While state-controlled media never report on the entire scheme, some factions find themselves inadvertently in the news somewhat regularly. Letters and memos from state offices, citizen journalists, and witnesses from within the derelict prisons themselves help to expose the truth. All the VADOC and other offices can offer is the obligatory “no comment,” only occasionally claiming to “address the issues.” They know they are caught and exposed; they just do not care because they have never been held to account, and it’s likely they never will.

The VADOC is a known murderer…targeting and harassing every strange, low-hanging fruit it is able. We know the score and so do you. This is the model oppression used, country and worldwide. With every passing day we see the spread of government cancer metastasizing in the social body. Time has never been so short, the need for propaganda of the deed so high – and so necessary.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli

pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

The most important environmental issue is that the VADOC is overcrowded. Whether it is the 4,800 wrongfully convicted citizens who have been provided with no meaningful options for addressing so violent and gross an injustice, or the fact that Virginia is holding captives who are well beyond their 60s and 70s, the VADOC needs to immediately decrease its numbers of prisoners by half. Virginia, one of the few states without parole, offers several discretionary parole options that currently impact approximately 3,600 captives. Yet in 2024 a mere 19 people – or 0.89% – were actually granted parole. If Virginia addressed its abysmal parole process and its egregious rate of wrongful convictions, the overcrowding issue would quickly be, at least in part, addressed by releasing upwards of 7,000 captives. Virginia, with its dubious history, appears to deliberately ignore the obvious.

The release of illegal captives and those who are over the age of 50 – or outright geriatric – would have wide-reaching effects. One of the first effects of ending overcrowding would be an immediate reduction in the excessive dust, mold, and mildew, etc. This is a major problem in every VADOC facility where air quality is toxic. At the prisons where filters are actually used on the central ventilation systems, they become visibly clogged in a couple of days. Where no filters are used, a view of the dust and mold in the vents would offend anyone’s sense of health and wellness. In prisons, where the spread of illness and disease is accepted as a guarantee, without preventatives being even worth the efforts, respiratory issues are widespread. Again, the cause is well known and understood, but it is promptly ignored.

Issues with mold and mildew are intertwined with a buildup of filth in the ventilation systems, but also in food and laundry service areas as well, which are equally a part of overcrowding. There is zero accountability for VADOC prisons or their staff, so any ideas that any kitchen area is going to be anywhere near code are a pipedream. Clear signs of violation are ever-present, from unwashed food trays to cross-contamination in food-prep areas. Also systemic across the VADOC, it is a twisted irony that the VADOC attempts to offer “Serve Safe” certifications, because, truly, nothing is served safely. Sink drains, shower areas, ice machines, microwaves – all are areas that play a role in the spread of mold, mildew, and illness. Overuse and overcrowding are primary causes of the problems.

Another major environmental issue is too often the staff themselves. This especially includes “security” staff. Aside from being the carriers of almost all illness brought into prisons; they bring in other problems. First among those problems is certainly the poor attitude, leading towards dehumanizing the captives – and sometimes one another. There is a fairly well-known statistic that is rarely addressed: 67% of prison guards exhibit red-flag sociopathic tendencies. Nothing could have a more negative impact on an environment than 7 of 10 people in charge being sociopaths. This number – 67% – is a national statistic. Virginia, as a general rule, tends to be from 10%-30% above such statistics. For example, nationally captives are 10% more likely to have diabetes or heart disease, a result of substandard diets and a lack of proper exercise. Virginia is 30% higher than that, 10% above national averages (study, Washington and Lee University). There are dozens of such examples.

Staff will regularly ignore and/or violate operating procedures – and laws – to infringe on the rights of prisoners. Things like using a ¼-inch dusting of snow to shut down all outside recreation activities, for days. Staff regularly manufacture “contraband,” such as pens and highlighters, completely innocuous items, while simultaneously providing real and dangerous contraband like fentanyl. They openly show favoritism and fraternize, most often with the worst elements of the prison population. It is a level of hypocrisy that is monstrous, especially given that it is not a secret.

As I write this, the 70 building of Lawrenceville Correctional Center has been put on “quarantine.” Actually, “quarantine” is a misnomer because they are permitted on the outside recreation yard, and in their building pods and hallways, as reported by numerous captives who openly spoke and interacted with “quarantined” captives as they passed by them en route to programs. To further illustrate the never-ending idiocy and folly of staff decisions, all of the captives from 70 building had to be rounded up from around the compound: vocational training, school, law library, various programs, and a “veteran’s fun day,” then sent back to their building. Absolutely too late to prevent the spread of illness, but in this case also extremely unnecessary because it was only influenza, nothing major, and a response to the ongoing inability of the VADOC to provide even the most basic medical care. New parents can manage children with the flu. However, just last week, an LVCC captive died from a stroke – the medical response was too slow…..and sadly, the hospital could do nothing to save him.

The VADOC, its prisons, and the toxic environments found within are a systemic issue and will not be solved by addressing “cell temperatures.” Cell temperatures are realistically not even in the top-10 list of legitimate problems. The entire VADOC needs to be stripped down, reviewed, and likely abolished. In the interim, captives themselves should be interviewed, and their recommendations given precedence over committees, administrators, and legislators whose business-as-usual policy has led to decades of destruction and death. There is a devastating fear of real and meaningful change in the VADOC, and in Virginia as a whole. Centuries of slavery, genocide, state worship, and an entrenched aristocratic nobility who gain from subjugation, plays a key role in holding change at bay. Virginia is, statistically and otherwise, among the worst states in the nation. Fiftieth in education, ninth-highest incarceration rate, highest wrongful-conviction rate (20%) and the highest budgetary expense for its DOC in the U.S ($1.5 billion – 27% of the state budget). There are real enemies of truth and freedom, and Virginia is one of them.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

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By her own admissions under oath on Dec. 15, 2016, dispatch told her to break the law (verified by dispatch minutes). Worse, Deputy Rusty Stanley of Floyd admitted under oath on Dec. 15 2016, that it was “too dark to identify his fellow officers when he illegally trespassed on private property at night, and before he kicked open a door to the house and blindly fired upon an innocent citizen from behind. No crimes reported, no emergency declared. Trespassing, breaking and entering, assault with a deadly weapon, and aggravated attempted murder are among the criminal acts they are admittedly guilty of. Deputy Akers received a promotion; Deputy Stanley, a medal of heroism – both for attacking an innocent man in a mental-health crisis in his own home, unannounced and at night. All of it is on record.

Also on record is the severe beating delivered after my arrest. At some time between 3AM and 5AM on Sept. 25, 2016, Floyd County and VA State Police beat me within inches of my life. A brief note on record, mentions a hospital visit at about 4AM, but no other details. Six booking photos from the New River Valley Regional Jail – 2x forearms, 2x upper arms, 1x back, and 1x face – show severe bruising. Also, a note from the jail’s intake nurse simply states, “covered in bruises.” It was also reported that six walnut-sized lumps lined the back of my skull (and concussion symptoms lasted 10 days). It has recently come to light that vision problems – double vision – are directly related to head trauma (Dr. Fenton, neuro-optometrist, VCU/MCV). The back regions of the brain being where visual stimuli are processed. All of this is public, and also medical records, and it has been reported to every office in Virginia, as well as federal agencies. Justice, delay and deny.

William Eric Branscom, Virginia Commonwealth Attorney for Floyd County, covered up all of the above with what could appear as deliberate intent. He withheld and ignored exonerating evidence, put forward fake evidence and statements (to a grand jury to secure indictments), used hearsay and manufactured statements along with other inadmissible evidence and a number of other nefarious acts. He also committed acts of Fraud upon the Court and allowed major jurisdictional issues to be ignored. Every bit of this is on record, evidenced by his own words and the state’s own documents. As with everything else it has been reported to every office in Virginia, and, yes, several federal agencies, but also detailed to well over 100 defense and post-conviction attorneys in Virginia – each of them “too busy” for truth and justice.

The Virginia Dept. of Corrections can be readily accused of collusion in this documented corruption. For years we have documented the delays and denials of medical care specifically related to head trauma (TBI and subsequent). They have only recently relented, and now MRIs exist showing that injury-related anomalies are present. These add to, and compound, the already available exonerating evidence, which by this time is both extensive and stunning. The VADOC – on record – in open violation of state and federal patient-rights laws (such as HIPAA) has refused to provide any of my medical records – especially the MRIs – to me or my designated Power of Attorney representatives. This, I accuse, is because they are aware of the value new medical evidence represents (about which I am quite vocal), which basically guarantees my return to court for re-trial. Collusion in a cover-up? It appears very likely, fits the VADOC modus operandi: delay and delay.

It would seem that in Virginia wrongful convictions are business as usual (20% rate, highest in the U.S., approx. 4,800 captives, PEW Charitable Trust Survey), as is the delay and denial of medical care. It would also seem that truth and justice are much less common, as is the courage of Virginia’s citizens, politicians, and attorneys, where correcting such egregious errors is of consequence and concern. In my situation, growing desperate, this is just the tip of the iceberg. I have 9 years of documentation regarding my fight for an end to this illegal captivity, and to address the crimes that were admitted to, against me, by state actors … all on the record.

David Annarelli is a political prisoner held captive by the notorious VADOC, to cover up police misconduct, brutality, and both prosecutorial and judicial acts of fraud. He is a bard and a resistance fighter. Write him at:

David Annarelli, pro se

#1853637

Lawrenceville Correctional Center

1607 Planters Road

Lawrenceville, VA 23868