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Ohio Supreme Court Grants Prisoner’s Mother Names of Fellow Prisoners Who Attacked Him
by Douglas Ankney
On April 12, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ohio compelled the Mansfield Correctional Center (MCC) to provide to Amirah Sultaana the names and identification numbers of the prisoners who assaulted her son while he was incarcerated there.
On October 7, 2021, Sultaana requested “the names of the ...
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