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Did Warden Seek SOCF Riot? by In April, 1993, prisoners at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) rebelled in what became the longest 2>prison siege in US history that left 10 dead. PLN has provided extensive coverage of the rebellion, its origins and its aftermath. Some SOCF prisoners have claimed …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Activists Labeled "Security Threat" by Reader Mail Being labeled as a "Security Threat Group" (gang) means anyone that is organizing and whose actions are considered disruptive to the prison system. For the most part the state [OH] is not focusing on real gangs, but rather focusing on prison activists and …
$153,400 Awarded to Estate for Stabbing Death by $153,400 Awarded To Estate for Stabbing Death An Ohio state prisoner was stabbed to death in a prison kitchen by another prisoner. The victim's estate sued the Ohio DOC claiming that because of inadequate security procedures with regards to kitchen knives and …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Lucasville Riot Tab $34 Million Plus by The 11 day rebellion at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) in Lucasville, OH, which began on Easter day, 1993, left cell block L in ruins. So far it has cost the state $19.2 million to repair cellblock L alone. It cost $32.5 …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
OH Double Standard by Reader Mail Last year numerous prisoners filed small claims actions for personal properly damaged and/or destroyed during the April 11, 1993, insurrection at SOCF Lucasville, Ohio, claiming that the fault was with prison officials whose actions precipitated the riot and further knew or should have known …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Repression Ohio Style by John Perotti By John Perotti On April 14, 1994, the 60th day of a hungerstrike by Danny Cahill (see PLN, April, 1994), state representatives Rhine McLin and Samuel Bateman ordered Lebanon Correctional Institution officials to take them to Danny's isolation cell. Danny had been experiencing daily …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Resources, Organizing
Justice Watch by Dan Cahill By Dan Cahill Justice Watch (J.W.) is a grass roots organization that supports prisoners, their families, and all who work for humane conditions until such time as prisons no longer mirror a society based on classism and racism. J.W. organizes trips to Ohio and Kentucky …
Informants Must be Reliable by John Brewer is an Ohio state prisoner. While held at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) in Lucasville he was infracted for stabbing another prisoner. At his disciplinary hearing he was found guilty of aggravated assault based on statements by confidential informants. The finding was …
Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994
Filed under: Organizing
Stop the Ohio Super-Max! by Ohio presently imprisons some 41,000 prisoners in 23 different penitentiaries designed to hold 21,738. It plans to build six more prisons, including a super-maximum, or Super Max, prison which will confine only 500 prisoners and cost taxpayers $15 million to build. Super max prisons, such …
Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994
Ohio Targets Activists as "Gang Members" by John Perotti Ohio Targets Activists As "Gang Members" By John Perotti The Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (DORC) instituted a regulation prohibiting "gang related activity." This was implemented to fall in line with their overall intention to follow in the footsteps of California, …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
OH Prisoners Seek Court Access by Ohio prisoners have filed a class action suit alleging that the Ohio DOC has promulgated conditions which prevent the exercise of prisoners right of access to the courts. The claims include depriving prisoners in segregation and protective custody of law library access and access …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Consent Decree Modified to Permit Racial Segregation by In 1988 a prisoner at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF)at Lucasville, OH, filed suit challenging the prison's practice of assigning prisoners to cells based on their race. This practice led to the racial segregation of prisoners. The court appointed counsel in …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Ohio to Build Super-Max Prison by In the wake of the April, 1993. rebellion at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) which left 10 dead Ohio prisoners and prison activists had hoped the state would examine it's policies which result in Ohio have the highest level of overcrowding in the …
What's Wrong in the Ohio DOC? by John Perotti It's been almost a year since the end of the siege at Lucasville. During this time investigations have been conducted by the State Legislature, State Highway Patrol and Scioto County Prosecutor's Office. The mass media has focused on "crimes" committed during …
Classification Chief Liable for Attack by Classification Chief Liable For Attack Israel Nelson was convicted in an Ohio court of assaulting his common law wife and was sent to a medium security prison. His wife contacted him and informed him that her brother, a major cocaine dealer, was plotting to …
Prisoner's Assault Claim Must Go to Trial by Prisoner's Assault Claim Must Go To Trial William Moore is a prisoner at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) in Lucasville. He filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that his eighth amendment rights were violated when prison guards came to …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Lucasville: A Brief History by John Perotti By John Perotti The pinnacle of the prisoners' rights movement had about reached its peak when I arrived at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) in Lucasville, Ohio, in 1977. I had been transferred from the Ohio State Reformatory (OSR) in Mansfield, Ohio, …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Family Visiting Info Wanted by John Perotti Policies, analytical charts and studies and any documentary evidence on family visiting programs (also known as trailer visits, extended family visiting, etc.) and their beneficial qualities are needed in an effort to implement such a program in Ohio. Any documentation, articles, etc., that …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Bullet Smuggling Guard Sentenced by Former Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) guard Robbie Stringer, was sentenced to two years in prison and a $5,000.00 fine for smuggling seven bullets into the prison in a bag of corn chips. The sentence imposed by Judge Everett Burton was the maximum allowed by …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Standard for Modifying Consent Decrees Explained by Standard For Modifying Consent Decrees Explained In 1976 prisoners in the Hamilton County, OH, jail filed suit challenging their conditions of confinement. The parties entered into a consent decree which settled all claims. Within five weeks of the decree's entry, in 1985, the …
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