Webfifty years ago, a deadly riot at kingston penitentiary shook the country. It was a response to decades of horrendous conditions that led inmates to take over the. Weblucasville tells the story of one of the longest prison uprisings in u. s. Webin ohio, the most famous name arising from the lucasville riot is not one of the five, but guard robert vallandingham, who became a martyr through his death. Websteve says while it's a museum today, kingston penitentiary once was a fearsome maximum security prison that housed some of canada's.
