Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 22, 1993 TAG: 9304220185
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LUCASVILLE, OHIO LENGTH: Medium
Seven inmates and one hostage died in the uprising at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.
The five guards were released shortly before 10:30 p.m., said Jim Mayers of the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Roughly seven hours earlier, the first of 450 barricaded inmates began giving up. Late Wednesday, the inmates were coming out of their cellblock in groups of 60 to 80.
The inmates had taken eight guards hostage. One guard was strangled and two were freed unharmed last week.
In exchange for peaceful surrender, state officials promised to review the inmates' complaints, including religious objections to tuberculosis testing and a federal law that requires integration of prison cells.
Three of the prisoners were carried out of Cellblock L on stretchers; three used crutches.
Some others were handcuffed, others carried large bags with their belongings as they walked through a courtyard guarded by a line of armed officers. The inmates were taken to a gymnasium in an adjacent cellblock, where they were identified, searched and given new sets of clothes, Born said.
The prison, 80 miles south of Columbus, houses some of the state's most dangerous criminals.
The surrender was witnessed by religious leaders and the news media. Throughout the standoff, inmates demanded that the media witness a surrender to discourage authorities from retaliating.
"I am extremely proud thus far at the manner in which everyone has joined together in an attempt to bring this tragic ordeal to a successful conclusion," Warden Arthur Tate said.
Meanwhile, in Newtown, Conn., a disturbance at a state prison Wednesday night left 12 inmates injured. Guards regained control of the prison within two hours, an official said. No guards were reported injured seriously.
by CNB