Only One Here

Only One Here is a poem written by Greg Curry in May of 2013.

Behind Enemy Lines

The San Francisco Bay View recently published this write up of the Re-Examining Lucasville Conference.

Associated Press Articles Surrounding the 20th Anniversary and Hunger Strike.

Julie Carr Smyth of the Associated Press has written a few articles about the hunger strike and 20th anniversary of the uprising. They've been syndicated nationally. Here they are...

Lucasville: Mood tense on 20th anniversary of Ohio prison riot -April 6th

 3 Ohio prison riot convicts plan hunger strike April 10th

Lucasville Riot Killers End Prison Hunger Strike- May 8th

2 convicted in historic Lucasville prison riot in Ohio end hunger strike for media access -May 8th

Siddique Abdullah Hasan Conference Statement

Statement from Siddique Abdullah Hasan for the Re-Examining Lucasville Conference. Hasan called in live and make an extemporaneous speech, but this was recorded as a back-up, in case of technical difficulties.

Audio hosted at PrisonRadio.org

Keith Lamar Conference Statement

Statement from Keith Lamar (Bomani Shakur) played at the Re-Examining Lucasville Conference.

Audio hosted at PrisonRadio.org

Layers of Injustice

Leading up to the Re-Examining Lucasville Conference, Staughton Lynd wrote a series of essays examining the legal facts and cases arising out of the uprising.

These essays have been edited and compiled into a single book, called Layers of Injustice. Which is available as PDF here.

Re-Examining Lucasville Conference Recap

From Re-ExaminingLucasville.org.

On April 19-21, supporters of the Lucasville Uprising Prisoners held a three day conference to raise awareness and tell a more complete story about what happened twenty years ago at SOCF, and the legal repercussions that have deeply damaged many lives.

Jason Robb Conference Statement

Greg Curry Conference Statement

Media Access Hunger Strike Ends

May 6th, 2013

To: For Immediate Release to the Public

From: Siddique Abdullah Hasan and Gregory Curry

Lucasville Media Access Hunger Strike Ends

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO-- Today, at 3:15 p.m., Greg Curry and I, Siddique Abdullah Hasan, decided to end our almost month-long hunger strike. The strike commenced on April 11, the 20th anniversary of the Lucasville prison uprising. The sole purpose of our strike was to vigorously challenge the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) continuously denying us to have direct access to the media- that is: on-camera interviews with the media. While both death-row and non-death row prisoners in Ohio are granted on-camera access to the media, those who have been reailroaded and convicted of crimes stemming from the Lucasville Uprising have continuously been denied equal protection under the law.  And though ODRC policy permits its prisoners to meet with the media to discuss their criminal cases, this policy has not been applicable to those of of convicted of riot related offenses. In fact, in 2003, the then-prison chief, Reginald Wilkinson, made it perfectly clear to Kevin Mayhood a staff reporter at the Columbus Dispatch that: "no inmates convicted of riot crimes will be permitted to speak with [them]." This blanket and collective denial is contrary to ODRC's own state-wide Media Policy, which Mr. Wilkinson's successors have been unconstitutionally enforcing his vindictive directive. 

We want to thank all our supporters, as well as some reporters in the media, who have been aggressively assisting us in challenging this unconstitutional media blockade. We also want to thank the various organizations who have expressed interest in this matter-- that is, the flagrant violation of our first amendment guarantees which protect freedom of speech and redress from government excesses. Finally we want to thank Warden David Bobby for negotiating with us in good faith and for being the liaison between us and his hard-line superiors at Central Office. Because of these factors, we decided to end our hunger strike and allow this crucial matter to be litigated through the court. God willing, we will be granted a resounding legal victory against the prisoncrats who wish to silence us in a deliberate ongoing attempt to prevent us from revealing the truth about our criminal convictions, convictions which are a serious affront and travesty of justice. Until then, I remain...

In the trenches,

Siddique Abdullah Hasan.

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Greg Curry on Lucasville Uprising and 20th anniversary hunger strike demanding media access

Greg Curry on Lucasville Uprising and 20th anniversary hunger strike demanding media access

April 21, 2013

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by Annabelle Parker
Greg Curry, 48, is a prisoner in the Ohio State Penitentiary, the supermax facility in that state, serving a life sentence following a major disturbance in the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF), in Lucasville, Ohio. This disturbance, known as the Lucasville Uprising, started 20 years ago, on April 11, 1993, after the warden, Arthur Tate, had instituted a very strict regime with no allowance for any discussion or negotiation of the rules, nor any respect for those in prison.