Darrell Dapina
Darrell Dapina was held at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville when a prison uprising began on Easter Sunday in April 1993 and lasted 11 days. A 2022 Cincinnati Enquirer article names Darrell Dapina among the nine men killed during the uprising. A 2023 WOSU article by a former Enquirer editor who covered the riot says the men were killed by other men held at the prison, who believed them to be informants. A 2023 WOUB report says the three gangs that held L Block were executing those they suspected of being snitches. Darrell Dapina was killed during the uprising.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A WOSU article by a former Cincinnati Enquirer editor who covered the riot says fellow prisoners killed him during the 11-day takeover of L Block.
Reported by: WOSU article by a former Cincinnati Enquirer editor who covered the riot (reporters).
Sources (4)
- Lucasville: What happened at the 1993 prison riot that was Ohio's longest and deadliest
- It's been 30 years since the Lucasville prison riot. Those 11 days of violence are hard to forget
- One of the longest prison riots in U.S. history forced changes to Ohio’s prison system - WOUB Public Media -
- Lucasville Legacy: A historic, deadly prison riot prompted changes in Ohio's lockups