A new documentary goes behind the walls of the deadly 1971 uprising. Attica filmmaker Stanley Nelson and former prisoner Arthur Harrison reflect on the five-day revolt, and its lasting legacy.

On Sept. 9, 1971, a four-day uprising of more than 1,000 prison inmates began in New York state’s Attica Correctional Facility, leading to the deadliest prison riot in U.S. history. Inmates t… ...

When a helicopter flew over the yard at Attica Correctional Facility on Sept. 13, 1971, five days into a takeover of the prison by its 1,300 inmates, some of the prisoners thought it held New York … ...

The Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison located in western New York roughly 30 miles east of Buffalo. ... ordered the second inmate, Leroy Dewer, back to his cell.

A new documentary goes behind the walls of the deadly 1971 uprising. Attica filmmaker Stanley Nelson and former prisoner Arthur Harrison reflect on the five-day revolt, and its lasting legacy.

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ATTICA, N.Y. — On Monday, an inmate in a special housing unit at the Attica Correctional Facility set his cell on fire and fought officers who tried to put the fire out and get him out.

Though a maximum-security prison, Attica also housed some inmates with lesser crimes. ... The officers dragged him up and down stairs, injuring his arm in the process before locking him in a cell.

A new documentary goes behind the walls of the deadly 1971 uprising. Attica filmmaker Stanley Nelson and former prisoner Arthur Harrison reflect on the five-day revolt, and its lasting legacy.

Nelson says the story of the Attica prison revolt is one about race, class, ... Then they would beat you down, drag you out the cell and take you to the box where you would get beaten again. / ...

A new documentary goes behind the walls of the deadly 1971 uprising. Attica filmmaker Stanley Nelson and former prisoner Arthur Harrison reflect on the five-day revolt, and its lasting legacy.