Both Sides of the Bars- 50 Years Since Attica – Oct 16 2021

October 16, 2021

Paul Hyman

Government

Fifty years ago, in 1971, the uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York – considered the deadliest in U.S. history – took the lives of 43 people … 10 correctional officers and civilian employees as well as 33 incarcerated people. It lasted for five days. The uprising grew out of long-held grievances […]