ACLU Media Access Lawsuit

On Monday, the ACLU filed a lawsuit over media access to the Lucasville Uprising Prisoners. This action was inspired by the hunger strike prisoners went on leading up to the 20th anniversary "Re-Examining Lucasville" conference supporters organized last April.

See the ACLU press statement here and below:  http://www.acluohio.org/press-releases/interviews-with-high-security-inmates
  Some state and national media have picked up the story. If you'd like to support the effort, please consider writing a letter to the editor, or comments on the websites of any of those papers.

ACLU press release below the cut...

Lucasville State of Mind

From: FreeJasonGoudlock.org Jason Goudlock is a prisoner who met Siddique Abdullah Hasan, Greg Curry and Keith Lamar while incarcerated at OSP. He was not in Lucasville at the time of the uprising. This is a poem he wrote reflecting on the uprising. Jason is trying to organize against Ohio's unjust "old law" prisoner system. 

Lucasville State of Mind

by Jason Goudlock
It could have been me on April 11, 1993, caught in between explosive unrest in an unjust penitentiary.
All-out anarchy against debilitating inhumane prison practices, while some sat in silence and meditated on their mattresses.
Uncertainty and circumstances. I would have been at the total mercy of the former and the latter. Certainly, surviving would have been all that mattered. … Well, at least back then, prior to having my entire life shattered. Because now, as Isaac Hayes once beautifully crooned, I stand accused! … Listening to the echoes of injustice inside of an unethical courtroom.
Untruthful allegations, fabricated by ambitious felons. Shouldn’t this have been proof that the system was failing? Shouldn’t this have been proof of the lies that they were telling?
Imagine if I had to give my life to pose such questions. I wonder would my wrongful execution be a topic during elections?
Save your answers, please, because right now I am very much alive. I was just thinking about the injustice incurred by the “Lucasville Five,” as well as “Greg Curry,” and all others whom were convicted because of lies.
It’s time to wake up America and grant justice where it has been denied.

Hasan Interview on The Final Straw

Siddique Abdullah Hasan recorded an interview with The Final Straw on Asheville FM out of Asheville, NC.

Stream or download the interview by visiting here: http://www.ashevillefm.org/the-final-straw/10/2013/hasan-of-the-lucasville-prisoner-uprising

Greg Curry Letter to the North American Anarchist Black Cross Conference in Denver

* Two Nights, Two Events, Both Examining the Role of
Police & Prison in America *
Join Insurgent Theatre for one night of theatre and another for film.

Night #1, THEATRE: KNOW YOUR ENEMY
Insurgent Theatre's newest play examines the role of police using stripped down interactive
 theater, critical understanding of history and the power of silent refusal.
Know your history, 

Know your rights, 

Know your enemy.
Where: The Garden Theatre, 1187 N High St
When: Wed, August 28th, 7pm, $8
Web: http://insurgenttheatre.org/acab/acab.html
* * *

Night #2, FILM: THE SHADDOW OF LUCASVILLE
This new documentary revisits the 1993 prisoner uprising that took place right here in Ohio-- one of the longest uprisings in US history.
 Want to know what the deal is with mass incarceration? 

Or what happens on Death Row.

Well, we'll be discussing it here.
Where: Sporeprint Infoshop, 979 E 5th Ave.
When: Aug 29th // 7pm // Sliding Scale Donation

Web Trailer: http://youtu.be/WJHOU2st_mk
+ People will also have a chance to hear death-sentenced survivors of the uprising call in from Ohio's super-max prison to answer questions.
* * *

 Hope to see you there!

-RedBird

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Billy Slagle's Death

On August 5th, death-sentenced prisoner Billy Slagle was found dead in his cell. One of his lawyers, Vicki Werneke, is also representing George Skatzes. She wrote this piece about representing Billy.

Ben's thoughts: "Two things go through my head after reading this. First, how many different ways the State of Ohio is an uncaring, stupid and clumsly beast. Second, how little of the story the mainstream media deem worthy of telling. How anyone can still believe in either of these corrupt and terrible institutions boggles my mind and turns my stomach."

Shadow of Lucasville Tour

D Jones' documentary about the uprising The Shadow of Lucasville will be touring the country over the next few months. Ben Turk from Insurgent Theatre will be screening the film in various cities alternating with performances of Insurgent's new play, Know Your Enemy.
Siddique Abdullah Hasan, Kieth Lamar and Jason Robb will be calling in to the events to answer questions from the audience.

The Shadow of Lucasville

Follow-up to the award winning documentary film, The Great Incarcerator, part 1: Dark Little Secret

Directed by D Jones - 60 minutes

https://www.facebook.com/TheShadowOfLucasvilleMovie

The Shadow of Lucasville revisits the 1993 uprising at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, one of the longest in U.S. history, while exploring the fight for human rights and media exposure through inmate uprisings in response to mass incarceration and dehumanization supported by the prison industrial complex. The film will be followed by conversation with death-sentenced survivors of the uprising, who will be calling in from the Ohio State Penitentiary, Ohio's supermax prison.