<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4PMmye_1Gp0QxEd00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4PMmye_1Gp0QxEd00" width="1920" height="1080" ></figure>YOUNGSTOWN - A concerned resident is calling on state lawmakers and local government to do something about the violence taking place inside Core Civic's Northeast Ohio Correctional Center."These individuals in this prison are fighting for their lives," Million Perry-Phifer, CEO of the Persayus Way Project, said. "They're supposed to be there for rehabilitation."<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=01K2WU_1Gp0QxEd00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=01K2WU_1Gp0QxEd00" width="1280" height="720" ><figcaption>Concerns raised over NEOCC violence, deaths</figcaption></figure>It's precisely why Perry-Phifer is in a fight of his own, trying to get the state of Ohio to break it's contract with NEOCC. He's rallying other concerned citizens and calling for those in positions of power to do something about this."There is a lot of violence," Perry-Phifer said. "Living across the street from the facility I have been here for almost six years and I have seen ambulances come to the facility every other day," he said.Just yesterday an inmate was stabbed to death at NEOCC, one of several homicides reported there in the last 18 months.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0RSkAG_1Gp0QxEd00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0RSkAG_1Gp0QxEd00" width="1920" height="1080" ></figure>"I want to start with our state, I want to start with our representatives, I want to start here with our communities and who we elected. We have a problem, we want to bring it to their attention, and it needs to be addressed," Perry-Phifer said.On November 17th at 3 p.m. at the main Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, The Persayus Way Project will launch a prison accountability and correctional reform initiative for public discussion and government accountability.Perry-Phifer said the goal is to make sure no one else is placed at NEOCC. He said he's reached out to Youngstown Mayor Derrick McDowell, Mahoning County commissioners, state representatives, and some other local leaders."We're also going to make a trip to Columbus to campaign out there; we're going to campaign here," Perry-Phifer said. "I don't care how long it takes; I just want something very important to be done to let these communities know and also our incarcerated individuals that just because you're in rehabilitation does not mean that we don't care, does not mean that you shouldn't be physically and mentally safe where you're being incarcerated," he said.State Representative Lauren McNally did tell me it's "Definitely a problem prison, the way that it’s built isn't set up to house such high level security inmates that it does."21 News took an extensive look at what goes on inside NEOCC in a recent 101 West special called Guarded Secrets. You can find that on our WFMJ YouTube channel and extended details here.</div></body>

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YOUNGSTOWN - A concerned resident is calling on state lawmakers and local government to do something about the violence taking place inside Core Civic's Northeast Ohio Correctional Center. "These individuals in this prison are fighting for their lives," Million Perry-Phifer, CEO of the Persayus Way Project, said. "They're supposed to...

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