Southern Ohio Correctional Facility

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The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility is a prison located in Lucasville, Ohio. The prison was constructed in 1972 and currently contains the death house for Ohio where death row inmates are executed. The current warden is Edwin C. Voorhies, Jr. The prison has 1,143 inmates as of May 2006.

[edit] 1993 Riot

On Easter Sunday, April 11 of 1993, 450 Lucasville Prisoners rioted for 10 days. The riot ended April 21 of 1993. The main cause apparently was a rumor in the general population that the authorities were going to force prisoners to undergo tuberculosis vaccinations. Nine inmates and 1 guard were killed. Following the events of the riots, all death row inmates at the facility were moved to a prison south of Columbus and later at the Supermax in Youngstown.