Dear Governor DeWine and Ohio Lawmakers:

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     My name is Keith LaMar and I'm a death row prisoner currently housed at the super-max facility in Youngstown, Ohio (OSP). I'm writing to alert you to the fact that I'm being harassed by way of poisoning by guards here on a routine basis. They spray toxic chemicals into my cell, in the vent, onto my food, and onto the slot and entryway of my cell door, causing me significant irritation and illness. And though I have repeatedly complained for the past two and a half years, nothing has been done to prevent this harm from reoccurring. I've written countless complaints, and they''ve all fallen on deaf ears, resulting in the increase of harassment perpetrated by guards.

     Enclosed with this communication please find copies of complaints to provide you with some insight as to the nature of what I have been undergoing, which, quite frankly, amounts to torture (and this doesn't even include the most recent ones!).

    I'm writing to you and your office as a last ditch effort to have you intervene to stop this assault of my person. Prisoners are being killed here at OSP, either by drugs that are being smuggled in by guards, or via suicide as a result of non-stop harassment by guards. In my whole time of being housed here at OSP, which is going on 30 years now, this is by far the worst era of administrative oversight since its inception, and I say this without exaggeration.

    I need someone to please intervene and stop the torture tactics that are being applied. The administration has turned a blind eye to my repeated complaints and have failed in their duty to respect my Constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment. 

 

Sincerely,

Keith LaMar