Inmates at the Attica State Prison sit by the trench in “D” yard in this 9/13/71 photo made shortly after the state police halted prison riot. Photo, taken by State officials, was released to the news ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 9, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the ...

ALBANY - New York's attorney general has asked a state judge to release sealed documents about the 1971 riot and retaking of Attica state prison in an effort to reveal the full history of the nation's ...

At Rockefeller's request, Robert Douglass was sent to Attica during the uprising to represent the governor and to help quell the riot and appease the inmates.

A new public website at the New York State Archives contains a collection of documents relating to investigations and litigation that followed the Sept. 9-13, 1971, Attica prison riot. Most pertain to ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state prison authorities have lifted a ban on a book about the 1971 Attica uprising following a First Amendment lawsuit. Author Heather Ann Thompson, a historian and ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Forty five years after the Attica prison uprising ended, a new effort from the state will give people a closer look at the deadly riot. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ...