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The 50th Anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising

On September 9, 1971, around 1,300 incarcerated men led an uprising at the overcrowded Attica Correctional Facility, demanding humane living conditions and taking 42 staff members hostage. On September 13th, heavily armed state police officers opened fire on the protestors, killing 10 hostages and 29 prisoners. Following the Attica uprising, the number of people incarcerated in U.S. prisons began to soar. Last updated August 2021.
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American time bomb : Attica, Sam Melville, and a son's search for answers
The Attica turkey shoot : carnage, cover-up, and the pursuit of justice
Big Black : stand at Attica
Blood in the water : the Attica Prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy
The fear of 13
From the war on poverty to the war on crime : the making of mass incarceration in America
Ghosts of Attica
Halfway home : race, punishment, and the afterlife of mass incarceration
Hell is a very small place : voices from solitary confinement
Insane : America's criminal treatment of mental illness

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