Rallying for prison reform: Hampton residents Wyheem Vessels, left, and Thurston White join more than 200 people who turned out to protest against solitary confinement and other prisoner-related issues at the 2nd Annual Prison Reform Rally at Capitol Square last Saturday. A coalition of advocates, former prisoners and relatives held the event to promote legislation to abolish solitary confinement, cut lengthy sentences and restore parole or the system of early release for model prisoners that was abolished in 1995. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)
