In January 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono performed their protest song “Attica State” on The David Frost Show, sparking a rare live debate with the studio audience. The historic exchange, centered on ...

So I went out to Attica and kept in constant touch with him, and he was right, the situation was deteriorating. The inmates certainly had gripes about conditions in the prison system, but if you -- it ...

Fifty years ago, Attica maximum security prison in upstate New York was infamous for its harsh conditions. Prisoners were issued one roll of toilet paper each month. Asking for more meant risking a ...

An investigative report in the New York Times on Sunday about the Attica Correctional Facility has raised new questions about whether the troubled Wyoming County prison, home to the 1971 uprising, ...

On Sept. 13, 2007, as I was sitting in front of a tray in Clinton Correctional Facility’s mess hall, I got a warning from a fellow man. “Don’t eat,” he said. “It’s Attica Day.” As someone who was ...