The Attica Prison Uprising

from Same Day, Different Century · host Zach Ipsen

On September 9, 1971, prisoners at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York seized control of the prison. What followed was a five day standoff in which more than a thousand men held hostages in D Yard and listed their demands: better food, real medical care, and an end to censored mail. Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald and Governor Nelson Rockefeller faced a crisis with no easy answers, and the state's ultimate response would leave a lasting mark on American prison history.Send me a text!Support the show

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