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"The Ghosts of Attica"

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	Though it happened 30 years ago, Attica crystallizes many issues concerning criminal justice, race, and governmental accountability that are still troubling our society today. It goes down in history as the bloodiest uprising in an American penal institution. More


	Birdseye view of Attica with the encampment in D Yard		Helicopters outside the prison's walls		Troopers approaching a barricade at "Times Square"		Troopers storming the catwalk

	Troopers guarding prisoners following the assault		A hostage being led to safety during the assault		After the assault Frank Smith is singled out for punishment		Hostage Skip Jones lies dead of a gunshot wound to the head


		September 12 New York State unedited surveillance video of the occupied areas of Attica, observers, and the assault preparations by police. Recorded and narrated by a police surveillance officer.

		Unedited New York State surveillance video of the September 13 assault and capture of Attica by State Police. Recorded and narrated by a police surveillance office.

		Aftermath of the assault. Unedited film shot from a helicopter flying over Attica following the assault. Inmates are seen lying on the ground, debris of the outdoor camp in D yard, and police patrolling the catwalks. No sound.

Thirty one demands presented by the prisoners to Corrections Commissioner Oswald during the course of the four day rebellion

The Observers (including Tom Wicker of the New York Times, civil rights attorney William Kunstler, Congressman Herman Badillo) took the prisoner's Demands and modified them into a set of proposals that were presented to Commissioner Oswald. The Commissioner's responded with a modified set of 28 proposals that were presented to the prisoners. The inmates rejected the Commissioner's 28 proposals. Displayed side-by-side are the Observers' and the Commissioner's proposals are.

Excerpts from the Court TV interview transcript with Tom Wicker, columnist for the New York Times, one of the Observers at Attica, and author of "A Time to Die: The Attica Prison Revolt."

Biography of three main people featured in the documentary

Interview with Frank "Big Black" Smith, head of security for the inmates during the Attica revolt

Court TV.com chats on Attica: transcripts of our online interviews with Frank "Big Black" Smith and attorney Elizabeth Fink, former prison guard/hostage G. B. Smith and Attica special prosecutor Malcolm Bell

The Attica revolt story by Bruce Jackson, SUNY Distinguished Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Robert Douglass, mediator for Governor Rockefeller, and Frank Smith, inmate at Attica, both speak on the Attica rebellion. Available in streaming video or transcript form. The American Experience, PBS.

The judge's decision in a civil case; a $12 million ruling for the former inmates of Attica who had taken part in the prison revolt of 1971. August 28, 2000.

Editorial in The Nation, published two weeks following the revolt. September 27, 1971.

Historical photos of Attica from New York State Department of Prisons.

History of Attica Prison (opened 1931), report by the NY Corrections History Society.

Condition of the New York State prison system in 1971, Part III of above report.

Essay: "Lessons: From Attica to Soledad," by Angela Y. Davis in the New York Times' Books on the Web. First published October 8, 1971.

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