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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 ...
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. [4]
Attica is a 1974 American documentary film directed by Cinda Firestone. The documentary focuses on the 1971 Attica uprising. The film cost $40,000 to make, being put together using footage of the event and shoots from inside the prison. It received positive reviews and was later selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
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 ...
Despite the protections won by the Attica rebellion, prisoners are calling for the public’s attention to the horrific conditions they endure 50 Years After Attica, Prisoners Are Still Protesting ...
The images are haunting: In black and white film and photographs, naked men, most of them Black, some of them bloodied, all stand in a prison yard with their
"Attica State" is a song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as Plastic Ono Band. It appeared on the album Some Time in New York City . The song is a lamentation of the loss of life in the Attica State prison riots , as well as the poor living conditions and human rights prisoners are afforded in the United States .
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