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A powerful story of one of the longest prison uprisings in U.S. history, with a foreword by Mumia Abu-Jamal.
LucasvilleĀ tells the story of one of the longest prison uprisings in U.S. 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 āsnitches,ā 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.
LucasvilleĀ examines the causes of the disturbance, what happened during the eleven days, and the fairness of the trials. Particular emphasis is placed on the interracial character of the action, as evidenced in the slogans that were found painted on walls after the surrender: āBlack and White Together,ā āConvict Unity,ā and āConvict Race.ā
An eloquent Foreword by Mumia Abu-Jamal underlines these themes. He states, as does the book, that the men later sentenced to death āsought to minimize violence, and indeed, according to substantial evidence, saved the lives of several men, prisoner and guard alike.ā Of the five men, three black and two white, who were sentenced to death, Mumia declares, āThey rose above their status as prisoners, and became, for a few days in April 1993, what rebels in Attica had demanded a generation before them: men. As such, they did not betray each other; they did not dishonour each other; they reached beyond their prison ātribesā to reach commonality.ā
Praise:
- āMr. Lynd is a masterful storyteller and he has a hell of a story to tell. [He] has written a definitive history of one of the longest prison riots in U.S. history and its aftermath. That alone is worth the price of admissionā¦ What makes the book unique in the historical sense is the remarkable range of primary and secondary sources; Lynd writes with a lawyerās pen but a poetās earā¦ This book is a reminder that prisonersāeven death row prisonersāare human beings, too.Ā LucasvilleĀ is a resounding affirmation of our common humanity.ā āĀĀMichael Mello, author ofĀ The Wrong Man: A True Story of Innocence on Death Row
- āThere is a temperature at which the welderās torch becomes so hot and burns with such purity that its flame is no longer yellow, orange, or red, but burns blue. Then it is capable of cutting through steel. Staughton Lynd wields the blue flame of truth, cutting through the lies, threats, evasions, and misrepresentations of the authorities of the state of Ohio.ā āĀĀProfessor Peter Linebaugh, Department of History, University of Toledo; author ofĀ The London HangedĀ and co-author ofĀ The Many-Headed Hydra
- Ā āLucasvilleĀ is one of the most powerful indictments of our ājustice systemā I have ever read. What comes across is a litany of flaws deep in the system, and recognizably not unique to Lucasville. The detailed transcripts (yes, oral history!) give great power to the whole story.ā ā-Howard Zinn, author ofĀ A Peopleās History of the United States
- āOf interest to anyone who follows prison politics or the often enigmatic workings of the justice system.āĀ āLibrary Journal
About the Author:
Staughton Lynd taught American history at Spelman College and Yale University. He was director of Freedom Schools in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer. An early leader of the movement against the Vietnam War, he was blacklisted and unable to continue as an academic. He then became a lawyer, and in this capacity has assisted rank-and-file workers and prisoners for the past thirty years. He has written, edited, or co-edited with his wife Alice Lynd more than a dozen books.
About Mumia Abu-Jamal (Foreword):
Mumia Abu-Jamal is probably the best-known political prisoner in the Western world. Mumia was sentenced to death for allegedly shooting and killing Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in December 1981. While behind bars he has written a series of widely-read books, includingĀ Live from Death RowĀ (1995),Ā Death BlossomsĀ (1996), and a history of the Black Panther Party entitledĀ We Want FreedomĀ (2004). In December 2001, United States District Court judge William Yohn vacated Mumiaās death sentence but not his guilty verdict. When this second edition went to press the United States Supreme Court was considering that decision.
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Author: Staughton Lynd with a Preface by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Publisher: PM Press (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 978-1-60486-224-9
Published: February 2011
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 256
Size: 8.5 by 5.5
Subjects: Penology, Politics
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Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising ā Staughton Lynd by Working Class History | Shop
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A powerful story of one of the longest prison uprisings in U.S. history, with a foreword by Mumia Abu-Jamal.
LucasvilleĀ tells the story of one of the longest prison uprisings in U.S. 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 āsnitches,ā 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.
LucasvilleĀ examines the causes of the disturbance, what happened during the eleven days, and the fairness of the trials. Particular emphasis is placed on the interracial character of the action, as evidenced in the slogans that were found painted on walls after the surrender: āBlack and White Together,ā āConvict Unity,ā and āConvict Race.ā
An eloquent Foreword by Mumia Abu-Jamal underlines these themes. He states, as does the book, that the men later sentenced to death āsought to minimize violence, and indeed, according to substantial evidence, saved the lives of several men, prisoner and guard alike.ā Of the five men, three black and two white, who were sentenced to death, Mumia declares, āThey rose above their status as prisoners, and became, for a few days in April 1993, what rebels in Attica had demanded a generation before them: men. As such, they did not betray each other; they did not dishonour each other; they reached beyond their prison ātribesā to reach commonality.ā
Praise:
- āMr. Lynd is a masterful storyteller and he has a hell of a story to tell. [He] has written a definitive history of one of the longest prison riots in U.S. history and its aftermath. That alone is worth the price of admissionā¦ What makes the book unique in the historical sense is the remarkable range of primary and secondary sources; Lynd writes with a lawyerās pen but a poetās earā¦ This book is a reminder that prisonersāeven death row prisonersāare human beings, too.Ā LucasvilleĀ is a resounding affirmation of our common humanity.ā āĀĀMichael Mello, author ofĀ The Wrong Man: A True Story of Innocence on Death Row
- āThere is a temperature at which the welderās torch becomes so hot and burns with such purity that its flame is no longer yellow, orange, or red, but burns blue. Then it is capable of cutting through steel. Staughton Lynd wields the blue flame of truth, cutting through the lies, threats, evasions, and misrepresentations of the authorities of the state of Ohio.ā āĀĀProfessor Peter Linebaugh, Department of History, University of Toledo; author ofĀ The London HangedĀ and co-author ofĀ The Many-Headed Hydra
- Ā āLucasvilleĀ is one of the most powerful indictments of our ājustice systemā I have ever read. What comes across is a litany of flaws deep in the system, and recognizably not unique to Lucasville. The detailed transcripts (yes, oral history!) give great power to the whole story.ā ā-Howard Zinn, author ofĀ A Peopleās History of the United States
- āOf interest to anyone who follows prison politics or the often enigmatic workings of the justice system.āĀ āLibrary Journal
About the Author:
Staughton Lynd taught American history at Spelman College and Yale University. He was director of Freedom Schools in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer. An early leader of the movement against the Vietnam War, he was blacklisted and unable to continue as an academic. He then became a lawyer, and in this capacity has assisted rank-and-file workers and prisoners for the past thirty years. He has written, edited, or co-edited with his wife Alice Lynd more than a dozen books.
About Mumia Abu-Jamal (Foreword):
Mumia Abu-Jamal is probably the best-known political prisoner in the Western world. Mumia was sentenced to death for allegedly shooting and killing Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in December 1981. While behind bars he has written a series of widely-read books, includingĀ Live from Death RowĀ (1995),Ā Death BlossomsĀ (1996), and a history of the Black Panther Party entitledĀ We Want FreedomĀ (2004). In December 2001, United States District Court judge William Yohn vacated Mumiaās death sentence but not his guilty verdict. When this second edition went to press the United States Supreme Court was considering that decision.
Product Details:
Author: Staughton Lynd with a Preface by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Publisher: PM Press (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 978-1-60486-224-9
Published: February 2011
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 256
Size: 8.5 by 5.5
Subjects: Penology, Politics
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A powerful story of one of the longest prison uprisings in U.S. history, with a foreword by Mumia Abu-Jamal.
LucasvilleĀ tells the story of one of the longest prison uprisings in U.S. 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 āsnitches,ā 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.
LucasvilleĀ examines the causes of the disturbance, what happened during the eleven days, and the fairness of the trials. Particular emphasis is placed on the interracial character of the action, as evidenced in the slogans that were found painted on walls after the surrender: āBlack and White Together,ā āConvict Unity,ā and āConvict Race.ā
An eloquent Foreword by Mumia Abu-Jamal underlines these themes. He states, as does the book, that the men later sentenced to death āsought to minimize violence, and indeed, according to substantial evidence, saved the lives of several men, prisoner and guard alike.ā Of the five men, three black and two white, who were sentenced to death, Mumia declares, āThey rose above their status as prisoners, and became, for a few days in April 1993, what rebels in Attica had demanded a generation before them: men. As such, they did not betray each other; they did not dishonour each other; they reached beyond their prison ātribesā to reach commonality.ā
Praise:
- āMr. Lynd is a masterful storyteller and he has a hell of a story to tell. [He] has written a definitive history of one of the longest prison riots in U.S. history and its aftermath. That alone is worth the price of admissionā¦ What makes the book unique in the historical sense is the remarkable range of primary and secondary sources; Lynd writes with a lawyerās pen but a poetās earā¦ This book is a reminder that prisonersāeven death row prisonersāare human beings, too.Ā LucasvilleĀ is a resounding affirmation of our common humanity.ā āĀĀMichael Mello, author ofĀ The Wrong Man: A True Story of Innocence on Death Row
- āThere is a temperature at which the welderās torch becomes so hot and burns with such purity that its flame is no longer yellow, orange, or red, but burns blue. Then it is capable of cutting through steel. Staughton Lynd wields the blue flame of truth, cutting through the lies, threats, evasions, and misrepresentations of the authorities of the state of Ohio.ā āĀĀProfessor Peter Linebaugh, Department of History, University of Toledo; author ofĀ The London HangedĀ and co-author ofĀ The Many-Headed Hydra
- Ā āLucasvilleĀ is one of the most powerful indictments of our ājustice systemā I have ever read. What comes across is a litany of flaws deep in the system, and recognizably not unique to Lucasville. The detailed transcripts (yes, oral history!) give great power to the whole story.ā ā-Howard Zinn, author ofĀ A Peopleās History of the United States
- āOf interest to anyone who follows prison politics or the often enigmatic workings of the justice system.āĀ āLibrary Journal
About the Author:
Staughton Lynd taught American history at Spelman College and Yale University. He was director of Freedom Schools in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer. An early leader of the movement against the Vietnam War, he was blacklisted and unable to continue as an academic. He then became a lawyer, and in this capacity has assisted rank-and-file workers and prisoners for the past thirty years. He has written, edited, or co-edited with his wife Alice Lynd more than a dozen books.
About Mumia Abu-Jamal (Foreword):
Mumia Abu-Jamal is probably the best-known political prisoner in the Western world. Mumia was sentenced to death for allegedly shooting and killing Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in December 1981. While behind bars he has written a series of widely-read books, includingĀ Live from Death RowĀ (1995),Ā Death BlossomsĀ (1996), and a history of the Black Panther Party entitledĀ We Want FreedomĀ (2004). In December 2001, United States District Court judge William Yohn vacated Mumiaās death sentence but not his guilty verdict. When this second edition went to press the United States Supreme Court was considering that decision.
Product Details:
Author: Staughton Lynd with a Preface by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Publisher: PM Press (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 978-1-60486-224-9
Published: February 2011
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 256
Size: 8.5 by 5.5
Subjects: Penology, Politics
