HRC Fed Up

focused on countering physical abuse at Red Onion, along with two other high level security institutions located in the isolated, western district of Virginia - Wallens Ridge State Prison (WRSP) and Keen Mountain Correctional Center (KMCC). With a small group of people in Pittsburgh and a large number of people incarcerated in western Virginia, FedUp! documented abuse, advocated for individual peo

ple, distributed abuse logs, circulated a newsletter, and collaborated with community organizations in Virginia to raise awareness and protest conditions. People incarcerated reported that because of our activity conditions were improved and "abusive guards mellowed out." We realized that as long as prisons are designed and run as they are currently, there will always be abusive conditions and therefore - as long as there are prisons there must be concerned members of the community monitoring the behavior of the guards, staff and administrators and speaking up! In January 2007, FedUp! became a chapter of the Human Rights Coalition (HRC) and expanded its scope to include Pennsylvania. Due to the increase of activity and interest in Pennsylvania and the many struggles we have working across state lines, as of January 2009, HRC-FedUP! is no longer capable of advocating for people in Virginia. We would love to help a Virginia Chapter form. Please contact us if you are interested.