Attica Uprising: 45 Years Later

ATTICA, N.Y. (WIVB)- The world watched in horror for nearly five days in September of 1971, as a New York prison became a battlefield.
Two weeks prior to the Attica uprising, George Jackson was shot and killed by prison guards in San Quentin Prison while trying to escape. His death only added fuel to the Prisoner’s Rights Movement.
American prisons were overcrowded and understaffed, and there was a broad disconnect between inmates of color and largely white guard populations.
Inmates were