Biography
Gregory Curry is freedom fighter and a current inmate who faced brutal retaliation from the Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction following the 1993 Lucasville Uprising in Ohio's Lucasville Prison. Despite not being involved in the uprising — and in fact being in an entirely different wing of the prison at the time — he was scapegoated for the riots and indicted for two aggravated murders. Curry, knowing his innocence, refused to accept a plea and became the first rioter to be tried on murder charges. Other inmates were given plea deals in exchange for information, including one inmate who already plead guilty to the murder. Curry continues to stand up for the dignity of fellow comrades on the inside though the courts have unfairly extended his sentence. Curry is now an old man whose next parole eligibility date won't be until 2061; he has spent decades unfairly incarcerated and does not deserve to spend the rest of his life in prison.
In Curry v. Bobby, No. 4:09cv614, Judge John R. Adams issued a December 16, 2009 opinion on Curry’s religious-accommodation litigation while he was confined at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown. Curry, identifying as Rastafarian, sought permission to wear uncut dreadlocks and receive an all-natural vegetarian diet. The court granted prison officials partial summary judgment on the dreadlock claims under RLUIPA and the Constitution, accepting their security justification. The opinion’s footnote expressly states that the dietary claim had not yet been presented for summary judgment. This civil ruling did not impose another criminal sentence or order his release. Source: https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/ohio/ohndce/4%3A2009cv00614/157629/33/0.pdf#page=1
