{"id":2601,"date":"2018-09-08T03:21:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T03:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2018-11-10T16:04:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T16:04:32","slug":"rashid-threatened-with-transfer-hearing-on-sept-10th-block-the-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=2601","title":{"rendered":"Rashid Threatened with Transfer &#8212; Hearing on Sept 10th &#8212; SPEAK UP AGAINST THIS ABUSE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rashidmod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/rashid-2013-self-portrait1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2450\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2450 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/rashidmod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/rashid-2013-self-portrait1.jpg\" alt=\"rashid-2013-self-portrait1\" width=\"423\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/rashid-2013-self-portrait1.jpg 423w, https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/rashid-2013-self-portrait1-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a>We have learned that the Virginia Department of Corrections is planning to hold a hearing Monday September 10th, to have Rashid transferred out of state yet again. This is a punitive act, most likely retaliation for Rashid&#8217;s ongoing writings about prison conditions and the current prisoners strike (see for instance his recent article published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/aug\/23\/prisoner-speak-out-american-slave-labor-strike\">The Guardian<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Rashid was previously transferred out of Virginia to Oregon, Texas, and Florida, where he endured beatings, medical neglect, threats, and attempts to frame him for various offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Rashid is a Virginia prisoner, and he should remain in Virginia, where he has always had the most support.<\/p>\n<p>Monday morning, starting at 9am, please phone and email the official in charge of interstate compact: Chief of Corrections Operations David Robinson. We can call the main office number at 804-674-3000 and ask to be transferred to his phone line. Robinson\u2019s email address is <a href=\"mailto:david.robinson@vadoc.virginia.gov\">david.robinson@vadoc.virginia.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When leaving a message or talking to Mr Robinson, refer to Rashid by his legal name Kevin Johnson, and give his Virginia prison id # 1007485. Explain that he is better off in Virginia, that he has been subjected to serious human rights abuses during previous transfers. Over ten thousand people have already <a href=\"http:\/\/act.rootsaction.org\/o\/6503\/t\/0\/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=214629\">signed a petition <\/a>demanding that he be released from solitary and that he not be transferred.<\/p>\n<p>We will keep you posted as we learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have learned that the Virginia Department of Corrections is planning to hold a hearing Monday September 10th, to have Rashid transferred out of state yet again. This is a punitive act, most likely retaliation for Rashid&#8217;s ongoing writings about prison conditions and the current prisoners strike (see for instance &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2601"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions\/2604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}