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57-502: The facility was opened in 2000, and houses approximately 750 maximum security inmates. The Toledo Correctional Institution houses Protective Custody inmates Level 3 and above, Level 4 offenders, and ERH1, ERH2, and ERH 3 level inmates. ERH is the highest security levels in Ohio. John Putnam, who participated in the special forces rescue of captured Private First Class Jessica Lynch in Iraq, assisted in

114-475: A caesarean section , and named her daughter "Dakota Ann" after her fallen friend, Lori Ann Piestewa, the first woman of the U.S.-led Coalition killed in the Iraq War and the first Native American woman killed on foreign soil in an American war. As of 2015, Lynch worked occasionally as a substitute teacher and made her living as a motivational speaker. She suffered from post-traumatic stress . As of 2018, Lynch

171-476: A broken thigh, and a dislocated ankle". According to Al-Houssona, there was no sign of gunshot or stab wounds, and Lynch's injuries were consistent with those that would be suffered in a car accident, which Lynch verified when she stated that she got hurt when her Humvee flipped and broke her leg. Al-Houssona's account of events was later confirmed in a U.S. Army report leaked on July 10, 2003. US Army medical reports later indicated that Lynch had been raped during

228-488: A letter stating she would have a baby by the end of the year. Fox News reported that Lynch and her then-boyfriend Wes Robinson would have their first child in January. She made the statement: "I was not sure if this could ever happen for me, learning to walk again and coping with the internal injuries that I still deal with pale in comparison to the tremendous joy of carrying this child." She gave birth on January 19, 2007, through

285-399: A nighttime raid on the hospital, and successfully retrieved Lynch and the bodies of eight other American soldiers. According to certain accounts of doctors present during the raid, they were gathered into groups at gunpoint and treated as possible hostiles until they could be identified as being hospital staff. Many military and Special Operations Forces experts have defended the tactics of

342-660: A number of dead soldiers from that unit with gunshot wounds to the forehead. After learning of Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief 's role in Lynch's rescue, Friends of Mohammed , a group based in Malden, West Virginia , was formed to press for al Rehaief to be naturalized as a U.S. citizen and to bring him to West Virginia. On April 29, 2003, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge announced that Mohammed Odeh al Rehaief, his wife, and their five-year-old daughter had been granted humanitarian asylum on April 28. Al Rehaief and his family were brought to

399-454: A round, nothing. I went down praying to my knees. And that's the last I remember." Critics have also accused the media of bias in the coverage of Lynch versus that of her fellow soldiers, Shoshana Johnson and Lori Piestewa . All three were ambushed in the same attack during the Iraq War on March 23, 2003, with Piestewa being killed and Lynch and Johnson being injured and taken prisoner. Lynch,

456-600: A unit supply specialist (MOS 92Y) in the Quartermaster Corps at Fort Lee, Virginia . On March 23, 2003, a convoy of the United States Army's 507th Maintenance Company and the 3rd Combat Support Battalion elements, led by a Humvee driven by Lori Piestewa , made a wrong turn and were ambushed near Nasiriyah , a major crossing point over the Euphrates northwest of Basra . The convoy was supposed to detour around

513-538: A young, blonde, white woman, received far more media coverage than Johnson (a black woman and a single mother) and Piestewa (a Hopi from an impoverished background, and also a single mother), with media critics suggesting that the media gave more attention to the woman with whom audiences supposedly more readily identify. On April 24, 2007, Lynch gave congressional testimony before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that

570-556: Is a city in Iraq , the capital of the Dhi Qar Governorate . It lies on the lower Euphrates , about 360 km (225 miles) south-southeast of Baghdad , near the ruins of the ancient city of Ur . Its population in 2018 was about 558,000, making it the ninth-largest city in Iraq . It had a diverse population of Muslims , Mandaeans and Jews in the early 20th century; today its inhabitants are predominantly Shia Muslims. Nasiriyah

627-596: Is an American teacher, actress, and former United States Army soldier who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq as a private first class . On March 23, 2003, she was serving as a unit supply specialist with the 507th Maintenance Company when her convoy was ambushed by Iraqi troops during the Battle of Nasiriyah ; Lynch was seriously injured during the offensive and captured by Iraqi soldiers shortly afterwards. Her subsequent recovery by U.S. special operations forces on April 1, 2003, received considerable media coverage as it

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684-711: The mutassarif (tax collector) of Nasiriyah, and by 1908, he virtually governed southern Iraq on their behalf, having curried their favor by strongly supporting the 1908 Young Turk Revolution . It was a major center of trade in Ottoman Iraq and imported foreign goods via commerce with Baghdad and Basra . The chief commodities Nasiriyah produced included leather, grain and ghee . The town contained about 600 well-built stone houses, but most buildings and homes were constructed from mud brick . There were about 350 shops in Nasiriyah as well as five khans (inns). The area surrounding

741-539: The Euphrates River. In March 2003, Nasiriyah was one of the first major battles of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq . Phillip Mitchell of the International Institute for Strategic Studies so described the town's strategic importance to The Guardian : Nasiriyah is a major administrative headquarters and is also [Iraqi General] Majid's military district headquarters. It is a major strategic crossing point of

798-524: The Americans." Al Rehaief's story has been disputed by doctors working at the hospital, who say that Lynch was shielded and protected from Iraqi military personnel by hospital staff and was treated well throughout her stay at the hospital. Lynch's own story concurs with these accounts, saying that she was treated humanely, with a nurse even singing to her. Moreover, according to reports, on March 30, Al-Houssona reportedly attempted to have Lynch delivered to

855-568: The Euphrates merges with the Tigris for the final time about 10 kilometres from the city. Nasiriyah features a hot desert climate ( BWh according to the Köppen climate classification ), with mild winters and very hot summers. Nasiriyah has an average annual mean of 25.0 °C (77.0 °F), an average annual high of 32.3 °C (90.1 °F) and an average annual low of 17.8 °C (64.0 °F). July,

912-467: The Euphrates. For all those reasons Nasiriyah will be well defended, which will slow the Mech [invasion] down for a while. On March 23, the U.S. invasion force was ambushed near the city: 11 US soldiers were killed and Army Private Jessica Lynch , Army Private Lori Piestewa and Specialist Shoshana Johnson were taken prisoners of war during the skirmishes. The Battle of Nasiriyah between Iraqi forces and

969-455: The Iraqi military with heavy loss of life and much physical damage. Many of its inhabitants were massacred by Iraqi government forces. Until the 2003 Iraq War , Nasiriyah was home to one of the largest communities of Mandaeans in Iraq. In Nasiriyah, Mandaeans mostly lived in the "Subba Quarter" ( Arabic : منطقة الصابئة , lit.   ' Sabian Zone'), located on the northern banks of

1026-734: The Muntafiq sanjak ("district"). Nasir Pasha was the head of the Sunni Muslim al-Saadun clan, which was the ruling family of the Muntafiq whose tribesmen were mostly Shia Muslims . At the time of Nasiriyah's founding, Muntafiq power in the Basra Vilayet (southern Iraq) had increasingly given way to Ottoman centralization. However, Nasir Pasha was appointed by the Ottomans as the head of the vilayet (province) and registered large tracts of land around Nasiriyah into his name. His son, Saadun Pasha, became

1083-705: The Navy SEALs under the command of the U.S. Army, staged a diversionary attack, besieging nearby Iraqi irregulars to draw them away from Saddam Hospital (now named the Imam Hussein Teaching Hospital - 31°03'31.2"N 46°14'45.8"E) in Nasiriyah. Meanwhile, an element from the Joint Special Operations Task Force 121 composed of U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets), Air Force Pararescuemen (PJs), Army Rangers , 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) and Delta Force launched

1140-681: The Pentagon had erroneously portrayed her as a " Rambo from the hills of West Virginia" when, in fact, she never fired a shot after her truck was ambushed. She began her testimony by noting for the record that her appearance was not politically motivated. In a prepared statement, she said: Lynch attended West Virginia University at Parkersburg on a full scholarship because of her military service. She graduated with her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education K-6 on December 16, 2011, after completing her student-teacher training at

1197-413: The Pentagon to award her honors based on reports of her actions during her capture. Months after returning, Lynch finally began speaking to the public. Her statements tended to be sharply critical of the original story that was reported by The Washington Post . When asked about her heroine status, "That wasn't me. I'm not about to take credit for something I didn't do ... I'm just a survivor." Despite

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1254-470: The Special Operations Forces had foreknowledge that the Iraqi military had fled a day before they raided the hospital, and that the entire event was staged, even going so far as to use blanks to create the appearance that they were firing. The use of blanks was disputed by weapons experts who pointed out that there was no sign of blank adapters being used on the weapons of those who appeared in

1311-473: The U.S. forces, an attempt which had to be abandoned when the Americans fired on the Iraqi ambulance carrying her. According to al Rehaief's version of the events leading up to Lynch's rescue, he walked six miles to a US Marine checkpoint to inform American forces that he knew where Lynch was being held. After talking with the Marines, al Rehaief was then sent back to the hospital to gather more information, which

1368-454: The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Lynch was born on April 26, 1983 in Palestine, West Virginia , the second child and first daughter to Deidre Lynch and Gregory Lynch, Sr. Her family could not afford to send her to college; her older brother had to drop out for financial reasons as well. Searching for a way to pay for the children's educations, the Lynch family met with an army recruiter in

1425-517: The United States at his request April 10. Al Rehaief published a book, "Because Each Life Is Precious" in October 2003, for a reported US$ 150,000. He now works in the U.S. Upon her return she was greeted by thousands of West Virginia residents including her then-boyfriend, Army Sergeant Ruben Contreras. Lynch and Contreras became engaged after her return but later separated. On April 12, 2003, Lynch

1482-438: The ambush. Lynch has been outspoken in her criticism of the original stories that were reported regarding her combat experience. When asked about her heroine status, she stated: "That wasn't me. I'm not about to take credit for something I didn't do... I'm just a survivor." In 2014, Lynch made her acting debut as specialist Summer L. Gabriel in the 2014 film Virtuous . Her role was loosely based on her own experiences during

1539-490: The company were killed in the ambush. Five other soldiers were captured and subsequently rescued 21 days later. Lynch's best friend, Lori Piestewa, received a serious head wound and died in an Iraqi civilian hospital. A video of some of the American prisoners of war, including Piestewa, was later shown around the world on Al Jazeera television. Later, footage was discovered of both Lynch and Piestewa at an Iraqi hospital before

1596-447: The convoy took more than one wrong turn. The convoy came under attack by enemy fire. The Humvee in which Lynch was riding was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and crashed into the rear of a tractor-trailer. Lynch was severely injured. Lynch, then a supply clerk with the 507th Maintenance Company from Fort Bliss, Texas , was wounded and captured by Iraqi forces. She was initially listed as missing in action . Eleven other soldiers in

1653-409: The development of the outer security barriers. Notable inmate Maurice Clarett- former Ohio State University running back 41°40′51″N 83°30′41″W  /  41.680757°N 83.511353°W  / 41.680757; -83.511353 This Ohio -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jessica Lynch Jessica Dawn Lynch (born April 26, 1983)

1710-407: The first official report of Lynch's actions during her capture released by the Pentagon weeks later said that she did not appear to have fought back against her captors, in contradiction of earlier Pentagon press releases. According to one former Pentagon official, the stories of her supposed heroics that day were spread by the news media, and congressmen from West Virginia were instrumental in pushing

1767-410: The first three hours of her captivity, while she was unconscious. The authorized biography, I Am A Soldier Too: The Jessica Lynch Story, by Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist Rick Bragg describes Lynch as being sodomized during captivity, although the Iraqi doctors who rescued and treated her denied that they had found evidence of sexual assault. Аlthough it is claimed it is stated that Jessica

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1824-464: The furthest point to which coalition forces penetrated Iraq, with the United States 82nd Airborne Division and elements of the 101st Airborne Division reaching the main road just outside the city. In March 1991, following the American withdrawal at the war's end, the Shia population of Nasiriyah took part in the revolt against the rule of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein . The revolt was violently subdued by

1881-514: The hospital, al Rehaief noticed that security was heightened and inquired as to why. However, hospital personnel later confirmed only part of al Rehaief's story, indicating that while al Rehaief had indeed visited the hospital, his wife was not a nurse there. While visiting the hospital from which Lynch was eventually extracted, al Rehaief also claimed that he had observed an Iraqi colonel slapping Lynch. "My heart stopped", said al Rehaief, "I knew then I must help her be saved. I decided I must go to tell

1938-468: The latter died. After some time in the custody of the Iraqi army regiment that had captured her, Lynch was taken to a hospital in Nasiriyah. Iraqi hospital staff, including doctors Harith Al-Houssona and Anmar Uday, said they shielded Lynch from Iraqi military and government agents who were using the hospital as a base of military operations. US forces were tipped off as to Lynch's whereabouts by an Iraqi, who told them she had been tortured and injured but

1995-426: The letters of support she received after her testimony before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability , Lynch says that she still gets hate mail from Americans who accuse her of making up the heroic acts attributed to her. "I was captured, but then I was OK and I didn't go down fighting. OK, so what?" she says. "It was really hard to convince people that I didn't have to do any of that. That I

2052-455: The month with the most precipitation days is January, which receives 27.4 millimetres (1.08 in) of precipitation on average over 7 precipitation days. Nasiriyah was founded in 1872 by Nasir al-Sadoon Pasha ( Arabic : ناصر السعدون باشا ), the sheikh ("chief") of the Muntafiq tribal confederation, after whom the city was named. During that same year, it became the administrative center of

2109-423: The operators who led the raid, saying that Special Operations Forces teams are trained to expect the worst and move quickly, initially treating each person they encounter as a possible threat. Additionally, the doctors stated that the Iraqi military had left the hospital the day before, and that no one in the hospital had offered any resistance to the American forces during the raid. One witness account claimed that

2166-534: The opportunity to blend in and not stick out and really experience the college life, just like they are." Lynch also talked about her career plans and legacy: "I know I want to do something with children. [But] I haven't really found my direction, with everything I've been through ... I want people to remember me as being a soldier who went over there and did my job. Nothing special. I'm just a country girl at heart." On August 24, 2006, Good Morning America Weekend Edition co-anchor Kate Snow reported that Lynch wrote

2223-529: The remainder of the population. The Iraqi Communist Party 's first cell was founded in Nasiriyah by Yusuf Salman Yusuf (known as "Fahd") in the 1930s. It was also the birthplace of Fuad al-Rikabi , who founded the Iraqi Baath Party in the 1950s. At the time, the Iraqi Baath consisted mostly of people from Nasiriyah, namely Rikabi's relatives and associates. During the 1991 Gulf War , Nasiriyah marked

2280-651: The same elementary school she had attended, in Wirt County, West Virginia. She had joined the U.S. Army at 18 in order to "earn money for college and become a school teacher". On May 6, 2006, Allison Barker of the Associated Press reported that Lynch, who had completed her freshman year, avoided talking about her military service at school, despite wearing a brace on her left foot protecting nerve damage from her capture: "I think people recognize who I am; they just don't make it obvious. That's good for me because it gives me

2337-448: The same time of Lynch's rescue, nine from a shallow gravesite and two from the morgue. Following forensic identification, eight were identified as fellow members of her company, including Private First Class Lori Piestewa. All were subsequently given posthumous Purple Hearts . Details of their deaths are unclear. Lynch was shown during a controversial display on Al Jazeera television of four other supply-unit POWs. That video also showed

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2394-528: The summer of 2000 when Lynch was seventeen and still attending high school. "He did not lie to the kids," her mother said, "he said there was always the possibility of war in the future." "But at that time it was before September 11 , and there was no terrorism," Lynch recalls, "so we were like, 'that would never happen to me.' " On September 19, 2001, Lynch entered basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina . She later completed Advanced Individual Training for her Military Occupational Specialty as

2451-503: The time by the Ottoman Empire, in July 1915. Some 400 British and Indian and up to 2,000 Turkish soldiers were killed in the battle for Nasiriyah on 24 July 1915. In 1920, Nasiriyah had 6,523 inhabitants. The population was ethnically diverse with Arab Muslims accounting for 72.7% of the inhabitants, Jews 8%, Mandeans 9.7%, Persians 4.6%, Lurs 4.3% and Christians, Turks, and Indians forming

2508-514: The town but instead turned directly into it, eventually running into an ambush. The ambush was unlikely to have been set up in advance, because the Iraqis did not know which course the convoy would take. Although some vehicles had GPS receivers, military GPS systems, unlike civilian equivalents, provide only grid references and not turn-by-turn navigation . Maps of the area lack the detail required to properly navigate through tight city streets. Apparently,

2565-463: The town was abundant in date palms and grain fields. The town was not protected by a wall like other major administrative centers. In addition to the administrative functions it played for the Muntafiq district, Nasiriyah served as a government outpost and settlement in a generally nomadic region dominated by local Bedouin tribes. During World War I , the British conquered the city , controlled at

2622-412: The video of the raid. In the initial press briefing on April 2, 2003, the Pentagon released a five-minute video of the rescue and claimed that Lynch had stab and bullet wounds, and that she had been slapped while on her hospital bed and interrogated. Iraqi doctors and nurses later interviewed, including Harith Al-Houssona, a doctor in the Nasiriyah hospital, described Lynch's injuries as "a broken arm,

2679-486: The warmest month, has a mean of 36.4 °C (97.5 °F) and an average high of 44.8 °C (112.6 °F) (August has the same average high), while the coolest month, January, has a mean of 11.6 °C (52.9 °F) and an average low of 6.2 °C (43.2 °F). Nasiriyah receives 127.7 millimetres (5.03 in) of precipitation annually over 42 precipitation days. Summer is drier than winter, and July and August receive no precipitation at all. The wettest month and

2736-636: Was a 5th grade teacher in West Virginia. Saving Jessica Lynch is an NBC made-for-TV movie directed by Peter Markle and was released in November 2003. Laura Regan portrays Jessica. Nasiriyah Nasiriyah ( UK : / ˌ n æ z ɪ ˈ r iː ə / NAZ -irr- EE -ə , US : / ˌ n ɑː s ɪ -/ NAH -sirr- ; Arabic : ٱلنَّاصِرِيَّة , romanized :  an-Nāṣiriyya , BGN : An Nāşirīyah , IPA: [ænnɑːsˤɪˈrɪjjæ] ), also spelled Nassiriya or Nasiriya ,

2793-636: Was expected to recover fully from her injuries. On the flight to Ramstein Air Base in Germany, the military medics kept her sedated and hydrated. Her family flew to Germany on April 5 to be reunited with her. In a statement, the hospital said, "Lynch had a big smile on her face when her parents arrived." Lynch underwent back surgery on April 3 to correct a vertebra that was putting pressure on her spinal cord. Since then, she has undergone several more surgeries to stabilize her fractures. Eleven bodies were recovered at

2850-624: Was flown to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. , to undergo specialized treatment and rehabilitation. On April 17, she underwent surgery to repair a bone in her right foot. While recovering in Washington, Lynch was inundated with gifts and flowers from well-wishers, so much so that she asked the public to send cards instead. Her family suggested that the public send money to charity and relief organizations. Lynch

2907-493: Was founded by the Muntafiq tribe in the late 19th century during the Ottoman era. It has since become a major hub for transportation. Nasiriyah is the center of a date -growing area. The city's cottage industries include boat-building, carpentry and silver working. The city museum has a large collection of Sumerian , Assyrian , Babylonian , and Abbasid artifacts. The ruins of the ancient cities of Ur and Larsa are nearby and

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2964-508: Was injured, that I still needed comfort." She did not claim that she fought until being wounded, but she did say her weapon jammed immediately and that she could not have done anything anyway. Interviewed by Diane Sawyer , Lynch claimed, concerning the media and the Pentagon: "They used me to symbolize all this stuff. It's wrong. I don't know why they filmed [the rescue mission] or why they say these things." She also stated "I did not shoot, not

3021-428: Was raped while in captivity, citing medical records and the nature of Jessica's injuries. Jessica herself says that she does not remember any sexual assault and was categorically against mentioning the rape in the book, but Rick Bragg insisted, arguing that «people need to know what can happen to female soldiers in war ». From Kuwait , Lynch was transported to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center , Germany , where she

3078-509: Was released from the hospital on July 22, more than three months after her injury. On August 27, 2003, Lynch was given an honorable discharge . Lynch blamed the U.S. government for embellishing the story as part of the Pentagon 's propaganda effort. Soon after Lynch was rescued, Pentagon officials disputed a report appearing in The Washington Post that Lynch had fought back, and

3135-422: Was still alive. The Iraqi was described as a 32-year-old lawyer, initially described only as "Mohammed" and later identified as Mohammed Odeh al Rehaief . In light of Mohammed's role in Lynch's rescue, he and his family were granted refugee status by the United States. Initial reports indicated that al Rehaief's wife was a nurse in the hospital where Lynch was being held captive, and that while visiting his wife at

3192-423: Was the first successful rescue of an American prisoner of war since World War II and the first ever of a woman. Initial official reports on Lynch's capture and rescue in Iraq were incorrect. On April 24, 2007, she testified in front of United States Congress that she had never fired her weapon (her M16 rifle reportedly having jammed), and that she had been knocked unconscious when her vehicle crashed during

3249-460: Was used to plan Lynch's rescue. Allegedly, al Rehaief returned to the checkpoint with five different maps of the hospital and the details of the security layout, reaction plan, and shift changes. The US military reportedly learned of Lynch's location from several informants, one of whom was al Rehaief. On April 1, 2003, U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion 4th Marines , 2nd Battalion 8th Marines and 2nd Battalion 1st Marines , as well as members from

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