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Family members want more contact with inmates

Protest on death rowFamily members want more contact with inmatesBy Christopher Bobby, The Warren Tribune ChronicleJanuary 20, 2008http://tinyurl.com/2ztg7bYOUNGSTOWN ? Family members of Ohio death row inmates ? wanting morepersonal contact with their loved ones inside the prison walls ?turned over a pile of letters penned by the convicted killers toprison officials at the Ohio State Penitentiary on Saturday.The letters call for closer contact with visitors and in general,better treatment. A prison official met with protesters and acceptedthe packet in behalf of Warden Marc Houk, who wasn't working Saturday.In what is becoming an annual event to oppose Ohio's death penalty,the family members, the Lucasville Five Defense Committee out ofCleveland and other prisoner-advocacy groups openly protestedexecutions and prisoner treatment in general inside the walls of thefacility that now houses most of the death row inmates...continue to full post

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