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  2. Attica Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

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    Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison campus in the Town of Attica, New York, [2] [3] operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It was constructed in the 1930s in response to earlier riots within the New York state prisons.

  3. Attica Prison riot - Wikipedia

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    The Attica Prison riot took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and ended on September 13 with the highest number of fatalities in the history of United States prison uprisings. Of the 43 men who died (33 inmates and 10 correctional officers and employees), all but one guard and three inmates were ...

  4. Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and ...

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    Thompson argues that the Attica uprising and New York state's response represented shifting American approaches to incarceration and policy. The reverberations of this watershed event has continued to influence America's prison system. Thompson served as lead historical consultant on the Showtime documentary Attica, released in 2021. [1] [2]

  5. 50 years after Attica uprising, families want apology

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    The Attica uprising began Sept. 9, 1971, when inmates upset over living conditions seized control of part of the prison and took members of its staff hostage. 50 years after Attica uprising ...

  6. 50 years after the Attica prison riot, a new documentary ...

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  7. Attica prosecutor Malcolm Bell's life was shaped by the ...

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    The public ceremony at the Attica Correctional Facility will begin at 4:30 p.m. It is organized by the Forgotten Victims of Attica, an organization of prison workers who were at the riot and the ...

  8. List of rebellions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Attica Prison riot: September 9–13, 1971 Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, New York: Prison riot after the killing of George Jackson Inmates Prison is retaken by the New York State Police on orders from Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. [40] No specific events Occupation of Catalina Island: August 30 – September 22, 1972

  9. List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States

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    1971 — Attica Prison uprising, September 9—13, at least 39 killed, Attica, New York; 1972 — Pharr riots, February 6, Pharr, Texas started after police attacked a crowd protesting police brutality and killed one person. [33] [43] 1972 — April 1972 Santa Paula riots, April 23, Santa Paula, California 35-40 arrests. [33] [44]