Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising Tapa blanda - 2011

PM Press, 2011-03-07. Second Edition, Second edition. paperback. Good condition. 5x0x8. good condition,fast ship

Pm Pr, 2011. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 256 pages. 8.40x5.50x0.80 inches.

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PM Press, 2011-03-07. Paperback. New. 5x0x8. Lucasville tells the story of one of the longest prison uprisings in United States history. At the maximum security Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, prisoners seized a major area of the prison on Easter Sunday, 1993. More than 400 prisoners held L block for eleven days. Nine prisoners alleged to have been informants, or "snitches," and one hostage correctional officer, were murdered. There was a negotiated surrender. Thereafter, almost wholly on the basis of testimony by prisoner informants who received deals in exchange, five spokespersons or leaders were tried and sentenced to death, and more than a dozen others received long sentences. Lucasville examines both the causes of the disturbance, what happened during the eleven days, and the fairness of the trials. Particular emphasis is placed on the inter-racial character of the action, as evidenced in the slogans that were found painted on walls after the surrender:… Leer más

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