Writer: Antwaun Johnson

Antwaun Johnson believes racist prison guards are not an abstract concept — they are a daily reality for Black inmates in Virginia. He has spent…

I’m a repeat offender. This is my 4th time in penitentiary. I’m the “poster child” for getting out of prison.  First time I was 17…

Antwaun Johnson has been in and out of prisons for decades but he’ll never forget how he felt when he first arrived: lost, confused, angry.…

We face pure uncut racism everyday we wake up. We deal with these correctional officers every day, many of us trying to respect them, knowing…