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| ACLU seeks probe amid hunger strike at Ohio super-max prison in Youngstown |
| By the-review.com |
| Published: 04/14/2015 |
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COLUMBUS (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for an independent investigation into conditions at Ohio's super-maximum security prison amid a long-running hunger strike. The protest at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown began March 16 to draw attention to recreation and programming restrictions, including a ban on religious gatherings, imposed after an assault on a corrections officer. A prisons department spokesman said five inmates of about 40 who began the strike were still refusing meals Monday. The prison houses Ohio's super-maximum security lockdown and a few high-security death row inmates, including members of the Lucasville 5, who were convicted of having roles in a deadly 1993 prison riot. Read More. |
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