{"id":2638,"date":"2019-01-28T14:50:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T14:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2019-01-28T14:50:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T14:50:22","slug":"kevin-rashid-johnson-is-still-being-denied-access-to-his-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=2638","title":{"rendered":"Kevin “Rashid” Johnson is Still Being Denied Access to His Property!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rashid_indiana\"<\/a>Kevin “Rashid” Johnson has not had proper access to his property — including his legal property —\u00a0for over two months. This includes\u00a0documents he needs for upcoming court cases, as well as contact information of his outside supporters.\u00a0At no point since he has been in Indiana, where he was transferred in early November 2018, has he been able to properly access his belongings.<\/p>\n

Supporters have been phoning\u00a0Pendleton Correctional Facility (where Rashid is being kept) as well as bureaucrats in Indiana and Virginia (as Rashid is a Virginia prisoner, in Indiana under something called the Interstate Corrections Compact). At first, the prison officials seems to have taken an approach of trying to avoid the issue — calls were not answered, were directed to voicemail boxes (sometimes full), or to low-level staff who did not really know what they were talking about.<\/p>\n

As people continued to call, the approach by prison authorities has changed. Now they are saying that the issue has been dealt with, and that Rashid has access to his legal property. We have spoken with Rashid, who has confirmed that this is a lie.\u00a0After over two months in Indiana, Rashid still does not have access to his property.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are asking all supporters to please take a moment to contact the following officials with the Indiana and Virginia Departments of Corrections. Let them know that you are phoning about Kevin Johnson (DOC#264847) at Pendleton Correctional Facility. Tell them that you understand that officials have stated that the situation has been dealt with, but that despite this, Mr Johnson still does not have access to his property. Ask them to look into this matter.<\/p>\n

Please take down the name of the people you speak to, and what they tell you, and\u00a0let us knw at krj.nabpppc@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Also, if you have not done so already, please take a moment to sign the online petition demanding that Rashid be given access to his property:\u00a0https:\/\/diy.rootsaction.org\/petitions\/kevin-rashid-johnson-should-have-access-to-his-personal-property<\/a><\/p>\n

These are the officials to contact:<\/p>\n

Paula\u00a0Dixon, Classification Officer in Pendleton: 765-778-2107 extension 1659<\/p>\n

Tiffany D. Collins
\nInterstate Compact Liaison
\nCentral Classification Services
\nP.O Box 26963
\nRichmond, VA 23261
\ntel.: 804-887-8405 (Office)
\nemail:\u00a0tiffany.collins@vadoc.virginia.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Joel Gruber in the Indiana Interstate Compact Office: 317-232-2247<\/p>\n

Stephanie Lightfoot in IN DOC: SLightfoot@idoc.in.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is the contact info. as well for the IN Ombudsman:; you can download a complaint form from the Ombudsman’s website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DOC Ombusdman Bureau
\nIDOC
\n402 W. Washington St. Room W479
\nIndianapolis, IN 46204
\ntel.: 317-234-3190
\nOmbud@idoa.IN.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kevin “Rashid” Johnson has not had proper access to his property — including his legal property —\u00a0for over two months. This includes\u00a0documents he needs for upcoming court cases, as well as contact information of his outside supporters.\u00a0At no point since he has been in Indiana, where he was transferred in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-2638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-updates","tag-indiana-prison-conditions","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638","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=2638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2639,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638\/revisions\/2639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}