Siege in Lucasville Revised Edition: An Insider's Account and Critical Review of Ohio's Worst Prison Riot - Softcover

Williams, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1414021410 ISBN 13: 9781414021416

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

This work has been ten years in the making. The physical and emotional trauma inflictedduring the time between April 11 and April 21, 1993 has left many scars. While most of the physical scars have longsince faded, it is the emotional scars that have lingered. After 11 days of brutal captivity, two weeks of hospitalization, months of physical healing and therapy, seventeen post-riottrials, two strokes, a lay-off, and transfer to another agency, Larry Dotson isready-ready to tell the story that has yet to be told, and ready to take the next step in the healing process. This book will not tell the complete story of the Lucasvilleriot. No single book can, because everyhostage, staff member, inmate rioter, non-rioting inmate, their respective families, and all those assigned to SOCF during the riot, has a story to tell. No, this book will only tell the story of one of the hostages. . . Larry Dotson. Larry was working in an area in which he was not originally assigned, but because of the large number of staff "call offs" he found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Following a severe beating while attempting to rescue afellow staff member, Larry was brutally beaten and held hostage by two violent and rival gangs that put aside their differences and put forth a unified front in defiance of the prison administration. . . the administration that Larry represented. In the pages that follow, are the details that until now have been reserved for the administrators, investigators, lawyers, and juries. It is a story that all those who find themselves in a position of advocating budget cut backs, staff reductions, and a moderation ofsecurity, need to read and absorb. In1993, Ohio ranked a pathetic last in inmate to correction officerratio. Liberal federal court ordersstrengthened inmate's rights while compromising the safety and security ofthose who were responsible for carrying out the decisions. Those court orders,

About this title

About the Author:

Gary Williams is a Training Officer at the Warren Correctional Institution for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in Lebanon, Ohio. He began his corrections career in 1985 at the Marion Correctional Institution and later transferred to the Corrections Training Academy (CTA) in Orient, Ohio in 1995 where he served as a Training Officer until 2002. He developed the mid-level leadership program that received recognition in the American Correctional Association publication Best Practices. A professional member of the American Correctional Association, Williams is a paralegal and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resource Management and Leadership with academic honors from Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio. He is married with six children, and served as a member of the adjunct faculty of Marion Technical College in Marion, Ohio in the areas of Criminal Justice and Business. Holding a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Dayton, he is currently a member of the adjunct faculty at Sinclair Community College. He guest lectures extensively throughout the country while continuing his writing in West Chester, Ohio.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1414021410
• ISBN 13: 9781414021416
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308