Prison Radio
  • 53 years old
  • 35 years of incarceration
  • Currently at Keen Correctional Facility

Table of Contents

  1. Commentaries
  2. Contact Info
  3. Biography
  4. Resources
  5. Gallery

Commentaries

Kevin “Rashid” Johnson has published 50 commentaries. Latest commentaries:
Title Duration Date
Prisoners Continue Self-Immolation at Red Onion State Prison 05:28 02/28/25
From People Against Prisoner Abuse (PAPA) To Families United Against Prison Abuse (FUAPA): A Change Of Name But The Same Mission 01/31/25
Virgina Guards At Remote Prisons Not Criminally Charged. Why? 01/28/25
Whatever Happened to Obama? 01:57 01/22/25
Richmond Times Dispatch Allows Officials to Lie Big 05:34 01/22/25
Shutting Down Red Onion State Prison 05:13 01/22/25
IN A RANDOM SURVEY VIRGINIA PRISONERS CALL FOR SHUTTING DOWN RED ONION AND WALLENS RIDGE STATE PRISONS (Text) 01/20/25
VIRGINIA’S MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA CENSORS MY MEDIA ACCESS (2025) (Text) 01/20/25
PARALLELS BETWEEN SLAVERY AND JIM CROW AND THE OPERATIONS OF VIRGINIA PRISONS TODAY (2025) (Text) 01/20/25
WHEN KARENS BECOME COPS AND PRISON GUARDS: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT (2025)(Text only) 01/20/25

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Contact Info

Kevin Rashid Johnson
#1007485
Keen Mountain Correctional Center
P.O. Box 860
Oakwood, VA 24631

Biography

 Kevin “Rashid” Johnson was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1971. He defended his dignity consistently from an early age. He was precocious in his academic skills but clashed perpetually with authority figures. He was in and out of disciplinary institutions already in his teen years, and has been uninterruptedly incarcerated since he was about 20. He continued his struggles while in prison, effectively representing his fellow prisoners in their clashes with guards. Over the years, his resistance evolved from direct defiance, toward litigation and political organizing. In 2005, he co-founded the New Afrikan Black Panther Party (NABPP) — Prison Chapter. Between 2012 and 2018, he was “interstate compacted” from Virginia to Oregon to Texas to Florida back to Virginia, and then to Indiana to Ohio and again back to Virginia. In 2020, splitting with the NABPP, he founded the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party. He has written numerous articles both on prison abuse and on political questions. These can be seen at https://rashidmod.com/, which also includes a “gallery” of his drawings. He is the author of two books: Defying the Tomb (2010) and Panther Vision (2015). Since October 2021, he has been suffering from cancer for which the authorities blocked treatment for 18 months. He currently writes poetry while working on his autobiography.

Resources

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Website

Kevin Rashid Johnson’s Patreon

Prison labor is modern slavery. I’ve been sent to solitary for speaking out

Florida Prisoners Are Laying It Down

Rashid Johnson Faces “Inciting a Riot” Charge for Reporting on #OperationPUSH

Time on Ice: Florida Officials Torture Prisoners With Freezing Strip Cells

The Prison Struggle Continues (2018)

All Power to the People: The Kevin Rashid Johnson Interview

Defying the Tomb

Rashid Johnson: ‘Prison has always served a particular political function’

Retaliation for litigation: Virginia targets prisoners suing against solitary confinement

Retaliation for litigation: Virginia targets prisoners suing against solitary confinement

1. Complaint 02.05.24