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Ohio Death Row Uprising
Loaded on March 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1998, page 17
In the November '97 PLN , we reported "Tensions Rise in Ohio Prisons." Our coverage of the September 5, 1997 uprising on Ohio's death row at the Mansfield Correctional Institution (MANCI) was based entirely on published press reports, and as such was woefully inadequate. PLN has since obtained several first-hand …
Filed under:
Prison Rebellion,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Pepper Spray/Tear Gas,
Prisoner Property,
Death Row.
Location:
Ohio.
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