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	Attica Prison riots - Biocrawler
		The Attica Prison riots were general prison uprisings that occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York on September 9, 1971.
		The Attica riots were notable in that they directed national media attention to the condition of prisons in the United States during the 1960s and early 1970s.
		The riots also revealed for the first time how American prison systems operated in regards to race issues, as many of the prison guards were seen as bigots.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Attica_Prison_Riots (385 words)

	Prison Riots Are Reactions To Abuse
		As the prisoner advocate who takes complaints from 33 prisons and most of the jails 24/7 for the past seven years, I have a Bird's eye view on some of the underlying reasons for these riots.
		First and foremost, the prisoners and their families are treated worse than animals by the guards and the prison administration at most facilities and they have no one representing them in the legislature.
		The prison administrators kept him in "orientation" for two weeks when he first got to the third prison where he has been transferred since April, They tried to force him to double cell with another prisoner even though he has a medical classification that forbids it.
	www.1union1.com /advice33.html (3570 words)

	Attica Prison riots
		The Attica Prison riots were general prison uprisings that occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York on September 13, 1971.
		The Attica riots were notable in that they received national media attention on the condition of prisons in the United States during the 1960s and early 1970s.
		The riots also revealed for the first time how American prison systems operated in regards to race issues, as many of the prison guards were seen as bigots.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/a/at/attica_prison_riots.html (371 words)

	Attica Prison Riots info here at en.86of100e.info (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Attica Prison Riot On September 9, 1971, the Attica prison in New York became a battleground.
		From outlines on the prison conditions, the guards were honestly racist assaulted the prisoners with their batons, which they dubbed "Nigger Sticks." During pivot aeon "fl militancy" was at its not many prisons had their swarthy militants transferred to Attica.
		The prison riot at the ultimate of division 1 the onset of division 2 of the Oz bears similarities with the Attica riot.
	en.86of100e.info /triad-financial/Attica_Prison_riots (1223 words)

	Attica New York
		The Village of Attica is on the northern border of Wyoming County.
		Attica State Correctional Facility and Wyoming County State Correctional Facility are located south of the village in the Town of Attica.
		Attica is west of Tonawanda Creek on Routes 354 and 238 at 42°51'54" North, 78°16'37" West (42.865138, -78.276885).
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/6/attica-new-york.html (1307 words)

	Attica Prison riots Information
		The 'Attica Prison riots' were general prison uprisings that began at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States, on September 9, 1971.
		The Attica riots were notable in that they directed national media attention to the condition of prisons in the United States during the 1960s and early 1970s.
		Attica!" whenever a character was shown on the screen held behind bars, a reference to Attica prison and the riots therein.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Attica_Prison_riots (941 words)

	Attica Prison Riots info here at en.10th-anniversary.info (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Attica riots were notable in that they unconcealeded general radio rumination to the posture of prisons in the United States throughout the 1960s & young 1970s.
		From storys on the prison conditions, the guards were naturally racist & assaulted the prisoners with their batons, which they dubbed "Nigger Sticks." During allotment years "fl militancy" was at its aiguille & unambiguous prisons had their pitch-dark militants transferred to Attica.
		The prison riot at the term of interval 1 & the blessed event of interval 2 of the telly procession Oz bears similarities with the Attica riot.
	en.10th-anniversary.info /Attica_Prison_Riots (1217 words)

	Stanford prison experiment - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Interestingly, prisoners later said they thought the guards had been chosen for their larger physical size, but in reality they had been picked by a fair coin toss and there was no objective difference in stature between the two groups.
		Prisoners were to wear only intentionally ill-fitting muslin smocks (without underwear) and rubber thong sandals, which Zimbardo said would force them to adopt "unfamiliar body postures" and discomfort in the interest of their disorientation.
		One of the replacement prisoners, Prisoner #416, was horrified at the guards' treatment and went on a hunger strike in protest.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Stanford_prison_experiment (2510 words)

	Attica Prison riots (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 'Attica Prison riots' were general prison uprisings that began at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States, on September 9, 1971.
		From reports on the prison conditions, the guards were openly racist and assaulted the prisoners with their batons, which they dubbed "Nigger Sticks." During this time period "fl militancy" was at its peak and several prisons had their fl militants transferred to Attica.
		Attica!” whenever a character was shown on the screen held behind bars, a reference to Attica prison and the riots therein.
	cockteil.needrelatingfresh.info /Attica_Prison_riots (1523 words)

	Attica Prison riots (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Attica Prison riots were general prison uprisings that occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York on September 13, 1971.
		The Attica riots were notable in that they received national media attention on the condition of prisons in the United States during the 1960s and early 1970s.
		The riots also revealed for the first time how American prison systems operated in regards to race issues, as many of the prison guards were seen as bigots.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/a/at/attica_prison_riots.html (359 words)

	Attica, Wyoming County, New York (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Attica is a town located in Wyoming County, New York.
		Attica is the home of New York's Attica Correctional Facility, which was the location of the infamous Attica Prison riots that occurred on September 13, 1971.
		According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 93.3 km² (36.0 mi²).
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/a/at/attica__wyoming_county__new_york.html (377 words)

	Democrat and Chronicle \| Attica Photo Gallery
		On Sept. 9, 1971, hundreds of inmates at the Attica Correctional Facility in Wyoming County rioted, seizing control of the prison.
		Angry over conditions at the prison and what they claimed was racist treatment, the inmates took guards and other prison employees hostage.
		The riot started a stand-off that lasted until the rainy morning of Sept. 13, when state troopers stormed the prison and reclaimed it with a fusillade of gunfire.
	www.democratandchronicle.com /news/extra/attica/gallery/attica000.html (127 words)

	Yesterday and Today: Attica Prison Uprisings
		But 25 years after the event, it was found that these statements accusing the prisoners of killing the hostages was just a lie started by the police and surrounding community, many of whom worked at the prison.
		At Attica, 85 percent of the inmates were African-American or Puerto Rican in the custody of racist guards who "hated niggers and spics." The prison was in an environment of bigoted hatred.
		If there is one good thing to come out of the 1971 Attica prison riots, it was that despite all the hatred against them, these men, who had nothing, discovered that they had each other, regardless of their backgrounds.
	www.stolaf.edu /orgs/pjrn/apr00attica.html (385 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Attica Prison riots
		From reports on the prison conditions, the guards were openly racist and assaulted the prisoners with their batons, which they dubbed "Nigger Sticks." During this time period "fl militancy" was at its peak and several prisons had their fl militants transferred to Attica.
		The aftermath of the riot called for prison reform, especially in the treatment of minority inmates who were becoming a majority in several state correctional facilities across America.
		Attica!" at the massed police outside, invoking the excessive police force used in response to the Attica riots.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Attica_Prison_riots (1355 words)

	Attica Prison Photo Gallery by Karl R. Josker at pbase.com
		Contrary to its infamy,it wasn't that bad-for a prison-that is!
		Attica was the only prison that I did not receive an annoying infraction,the Cos demand respect and they give it in return.If you walk around acting as if you're a killer,believe me,they will deliver a major hurting.
		As an RN in Alameda County CA 1977 I was the nite nurse in jail in the County Hospital...
	www.pbase.com /kjosker/attica_prison&page=all (2191 words)

	Attica
		Attica stormed under orders of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
		David Berkowitz's throat slashed in Attica prison, but he survives with 56 stitches.
		An $8M settlement is reached over the 1971 riots, settling a class action suit filed in 1974.
	www.rotten.com /library/crime/prison/attica (114 words)

	Human Rights Watch: World Prison Massacres
		With the aid of some male prisoners, the women resisted transfer, and three policemen and ten prisoners were killed in the ensuing battle.
		After gaining control of the situation, the police forced prisoners to strip naked and summarily executed dozens of them, many of whom were trying to hide under their beds.
		Prisoners reported that many inmates were deliberately killed by security forces that quelled the revolt.
	www.hrw.org /advocacy/prisons/killings.htm (1155 words)

	Attica Prison riots information - Search.com
		The 'Attica Prison riots' were general prison uprisings that occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States, on September 9, 1971.
		The Attica riots were notable in that they directed national media attention to the condition of prisons in the United States during the 1960s and early 1970s.
		The Attica riots were also said to have inspired both the 10cc song Rubber Bullets and the Charles Mingus composition Remember Rockefeller at Attica.
	www.search.com /reference/Attica_Prison_riots (713 words)

	Dan Gardner-Journalist column data page
		Prisoners are returned to maximum security as quickly as possible with the overwhelming majority staying for fewer than two years.
		Crowding in prisons such as Attica wasn't the result of rising imprisonment rates, which were actually flat or declining in the 1950s and 1960s.
		Prisoners who misbehaved in maximum security were sent to a unit inside a prison in Glasgow where they were actually given more freedoms and privileges, including frequent, unlimited contact visits with friends and family.
	dangardner.ca /Archapr2802.html (5570 words)

	Attica Prison riots Information
		The Attica riots were notable in that they directed national media attention to the condition of prisons in the United States during the 1960s and early 1970s.
		From reports on the prison conditions, the guards were openly racist and assaulted the prisoners with their batons, which they dubbed "Nigger Sticks." During this time period "fl militancy" was at its peak and several prisons had their fl militants transferred to Attica.
		The manager of the rioting cell block Tim McManus reveals to one of the inmates that his father had been a guard at Attica and missed one of Tim's birthday parties when he was called to deal with the riot.
	attica-prison-riots.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Attica_Prison_riots (1705 words)

	National HCV Prison Coalition - Hepatitis C Awareness Project
		About one-third of the 4 million people with hepatitis C in the U.S. are prisoners or former inmates, and it is estimated that between 20 and 40 percent of the nation's prisoners have the virus.
		According to prisoner advocate Rachel Maddow, HCV is "the AIDS of the new century".
		Prisoners "should be able to receive the same care as they would if they were in the community", said CDC epidemiologist Dr. Cindy Weinbaum.
	www.hcvinprison.org /docs/prison_HMOs.html (1440 words)

	Attica riots, attica london, attica railroad (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Attica riots The radical prison movement culminated in the Attica riot of 1971.
		The radical prison movement culminated in the Attica riot of 1971.
		Attica riots It was the year of the My Lai trials, the Pentagon Papers, the Vietnam War protestsand, closer to home, the Attica riots.
	www.timeshare-info.org /attica/attica_riots.html (1351 words)

	Informat.io on Attica Prison
		The Attica Correctional Facility is one of the most well known prisons in the United States, second possibly to Alcatraz.
		The prison now holds many inmates who are serving various types of sentences (short-term to life sentences), and who are usually sent to the facility because of displinary problems in other facilities.
		Attica was the site of a prison riot in 1971 which resulted in 42 deaths (31 inmates and 11 prison employees).
	www.informat.io /?title=Attica_Prison (257 words)

	[PRISONACT] Attica Settlement (Site not responding. Last check: )
		AP National Attica Riot Settlement Checks Issued AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) -- More than a quarter of a century after the deadly Attica prison riots, $8 million in settlement checks are on their way to hundreds of inmates injured in the uprising.
		The 1971 Attica uprising was the country's deadliest prison riot.
		Thirty-two inmates and 11 prison employees were killed, all but four shot to death when state police retook the prison in western New York after a four-day standoff.
	www.prisonactivist.org /pipermail/prisonact-list/2000-December/003321.html (295 words)

	Attica Prison riots - green-point-mortgage.info
		The Attica Prison riots were general prison uprisings that occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States, on September 9, 1971.
		The incident inspired the John Lennon song Attica State on his Some Time In New York City album and was also said to have inspired both the 10cc song Rubber Bullets and the Charles Mingus composition Remember Rockefeller at Attica.
		Free the prisoners, jail the judges, Free all prisoners everywhere.
	green-point-mortgage.info /Attica_Prison_riots (709 words)

	Preface to Narratives from the Attica Prison Riots, Richard Featherstone (by Mathieu Deflem)
		Preface to Narratives from the Attica Prison Riots: Toward a New Theory of Correctional Disturbances, by Richard Featherstone, pp.
		Preface to Narratives from the 1971 Attica Prison Riots: Toward a New Theory of Correctional Disturbances, by Richard Featherstone, pp.
		Attica has become a metaphor that is now part of our collective consciousness, popping up regularly in movies, music, and other forms of popular culture.
	www.cas.sc.edu /socy/faculty/deflem/zprefaceattica.html (913 words)

	CNN.com - Attica legal battle comes to an end after 26 years - August 29, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Telesca decided in a ruling issued Monday that 502 former inmates in the prison's D yard, or their families, will receive between $6,500 and $125,000 from the state.
		The 502 people were approved for the settlement after the judge verified through prison records that they were at the D yard at the time of the revolt, according to court papers.
		The riot erupted at a time of protests against the Vietnam War and followed a string of race riots at U.S. cities throughout the 1960s.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/LAW/08/29/atticasettlement.01 (733 words)

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