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The Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) is a 502-inmate capacity supermax Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction prison in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Throughout the last two centuries, there have been two institutions with the name Ohio Penitentiary or Ohio State Penitentiary; the first prison was in Columbus, Ohio .
Feb 26, 2002 · CLEVELAND-- A federal district judge ruled today that brutal conditions at an Ohio Supermax prison "impose an atypical and significant hardship" on prisoners and that their placement in the facility has "great potential for error" in violation of their rights.
Jan 8, 2001 · Citing brutal conditions that have led to inmate suicides, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio will file a federal civil rights action tomorrow, demanding significant and far reaching changes at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown.
Jun 13, 2005 · Today's decision in Wilkinson v. Austin stems from a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Ohio and the Center for Constitutional Rights. At issue were the guidelines that governed prisoner placement at the Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP), the state's notorious supermax prison.
Feb 26, 2002 · In a historic decision issued today, Judge James S. Gwin, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio issued a 57-page opinion finding that the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction violated Ohio State Penitentiary prisoners’ constitutional rights by denying them due process in their placement and retention at the ...
Jan 9, 2001 · In 1998, the Ohio State Penitentiary, also known as the “Supermax,” opened as the only super-maximum security prison in Ohio. Meant to hold those prisoners deemed most dangerous, the Supermax had restrictive and harsh conditions.
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Feb 26, 2002 · Ohio must reform its system for sending inmates to the state's super-maximum security prison and how long they are kept there, a federal judge ruled.
