Lucasville Prison Riot

Date: April 11, 1993 • Location: Lucasville, United States

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1993.

Prisoners at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville, Ohio, rioted and took over the prison for 11 days, resulting in the deaths of one officer and nine inmates.

The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility is a maximum-security prison located just outside Lucasville in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The prison was constructed in 1972. As of 2023, the warden is Cindy Davis.