The Rewards/Punishments of White Supremacy: Authorities Send Derek Chauvin to a Safer, Whiter Prison in Arizona while Kevin Rashad Johnson (Black Panther) is Being Denied Cancer Treatment in VA Prison

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From [HERE] The white Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was transferred to a federal prison in Tucson Wednesday, Aug. 24.

According to a CBS report, Derek Chauvin was transferred from the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Oak Park Heights to the Federal Correctional Institution - Tucson.

FCI Tucson, 8901 S. Wilmot Road, is a medium-security U.S. penitentiary that houses 266 inmates. Said prison is a safer prison as it had the fewest number of “prohibited acts” among all federal prisons according to the Department of Justice. Also it has a reputation for having better communication, visitation, education, and programming than other federal facilities.

It also appears to be an overwhelmingly white prison. A Black inmate from DC commented recently that USP Tucson is “one of the most racist institutions [he has] ever been in.” [MORE]

U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson suggested when sentencing Chauvin that he be placed near family who live between Iowa and Minnesota. But federal officials are not bound by judicial requests.

Chauvin is serving more than 20 years for the murder and for violating Floyd’s civil rights.

Floyd’s killing sparked protests worldwide over police brutality and racism.

Chauvin, who is white, sat on Floyd’s neck on the the pavement for more than nine minutes as the Black man pleaded over and over , “I can’t breathe,” and murdered him.

Earlier in July, former officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to 2 ½ years. He's been ordered to report to a low-security federal prison camp in Colorado later this month. [MORE]

Meanwhile black inmates are routinely denied medical treatment in foul state and federal prisons. Kevin Rashad Johnson, a Black Panther, is being denied cancer treatment at the Nottaway Correctional Centre, a state prison in Burke Virginia. Johnson is a realitarian known for his heavy Artillery. Tests he took last October and November indicated that he had prostrate cancer but no biopsy was performed until April and the results reported to him on July 1. Eleven of 13 biopsies are positive for prostate cancer. Although he needs treatment to begin immediately prison authorities have nevertheless refused to provide care. [MORE] Johnson has asked anyone concerned to send a letter or email to the prison orderlies listed below. He has proposed the following letter but feel free to change it as you like:

“My name is _______________________. My friend Kevin Johnson,#1007485, housed at Nottoway, just learned from the prison doctor that he has prostate cancer. Tests he took last October and November indicated that diagnosis almost certainly, but no biopsy was performed until April and the results reported to him on July 1. Eleven of 13 biopsies are positive for prostate cancer.

“Cancer kills, and it can kill fast. A friend with prostate cancer says his treatment started immediately upon diagnosis in an effort to stop the cancer from spreading to his lymph nodes and on to his bones, where it would be fatal. The Virginia Department of Corrections has already failed in its responsibility to provide even minimal care. Mr. Johnson’s thousands of supporters are shocked to hear of these inexcusably long delays in diagnosis. The best possible treatment must begin now. No obstacle must be allowed to cause further delay.”


Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections
Harold W. Clarke
VADOC
P.O. Box 26963
Richmond, VA 23261
(804) 674-3000
docmail@vadoc.virginia.gov

Director of Health Services, VADOC
Steve Herrick
healthservicesinquiries@vadoc.virginia.gov
(804) 887-8118

Warden Clint Davis
Nottoway Correctional Center
2892 Schutt Rd.
Burkeville, VA 23922
(434) 767-5543