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Activists, families rally for prisoner rights
Published Jul 3, 2008 8:41 PM
Speaker Theresa Lyons of LOOP whose grandson is on death row.
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On June 21, the Cleveland Lucasville 5 Defense Committee and LOOP (Loved
Ones Of Prisoners) held another in a series of protest rallies at Ohio State
Penitentiary, the supermax prison where most of Ohio’s nearly 200
death-sentenced prisoners are held. Family members, friends and supporters
gathered to raise the demands: “No more executions! Contact visits for
death-sentenced prisoners—a hug should be a human right!”
The spirit of the crowd was lifted with songs, prayers and reminders of the
progress the campaigns are starting to make.One of the Lucasville-uprising
prisoners had a contact visit with his mother over Mother’s Day weekend,
and was able to hug her for the first time in 15 years. Names of beloved
prisoners, including Mumia Abu-Jamal, were written on balloons of all colors,
which were then released into the air with powerful thoughts of freedom for
them all.
—Report and photo Sharon Danaan
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