Attica Prison uprising

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The Attica Prison uprising was a major 1971 revolt by inmates at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York that ended in a deadly state assault and became a symbol of prisoners’ rights and state violence in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
prison uprising ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
riot ⓘ
aftermath civil lawsuits against New York State ⓘ
numerous criminal prosecutions of inmates ⓘ
widespread allegations of torture and abuse of inmates ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Attica Correctional Facility uprising ⓘ
Attica Prison riot ⓘ
areaSeized D-yard of Attica Correctional Facility ⓘ
cause denial of basic rights to prisoners ⓘ
overcrowding ⓘ
poor prison conditions ⓘ
prisoner grievances about medical care ⓘ
prisoner grievances about sanitation ⓘ
prisoner grievances about visitation policies ⓘ
racial discrimination in prison ⓘ
causeOfMostDeaths gunfire by state forces ⓘ
commemoratedOn annual anniversaries in September ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfAssault 1971-09-13 ⓘ
demand application of New York minimum wage law to prison labor ⓘ
better living conditions ⓘ
end to censorship of mail ⓘ
fair visitation rights ⓘ
improved medical treatment ⓘ
political rights ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
documentedIn book "A Time to Die" by Tom Wicker ⓘ
documentary film "Attica" (1974) ⓘ
documentary film "Attica" (2021) ⓘ
duration 5 days ⓘ
endDate 1971-09-13 ⓘ
fatalities 43 ⓘ
hasMottoOrSlogan "Attica means fight back" (movement slogan referencing the uprising) ⓘ
historicalSignificance catalyst for national discussion on prison reform ⓘ
major event in 1970s American social movements ⓘ
hostageFatalities 10 ⓘ
initiallyBlamedOn inmates ⓘ
injuries over 80 wounded by gunfire ⓘ
inmateFatalities 29 ⓘ
inspired reforms in prison policies and oversight debates ⓘ
laterFoundThat hostages were killed by law enforcement gunfire ⓘ
legalOutcome New York State eventually agreed to a financial settlement with inmates and families of victims ⓘ
location Attica Correctional Facility ⓘ
Attica, New York ⓘ
methodOfSuppression armed assault with live ammunition ⓘ
negotiator New York State officials ⓘ
inmate leadership committee ⓘ
numberOfHostagesTaken approximately 42 ⓘ
numberOfInmatesInvolved over 1,200 ⓘ
orderedBy Governor Nelson Rockefeller ⓘ
linked to: Nelson Rockefeller
otherFatalities 4 (including prison staff and inmates before the final assault) ⓘ
outsideObserver Bobby Seale ⓘ
Herman Badillo ⓘ
John Dunne ⓘ
Tom Wicker ⓘ
William Kunstler ⓘ
startDate 1971-09-09 ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
suppressedBy New York National Guard ⓘ
New York State Police ⓘ
correction officers ⓘ
symbolOf prisoners’ rights movement in the United States ⓘ
racial injustice in the criminal justice system ⓘ
state violence ⓘ
triggeredBy confrontation between guards and inmates on September 8, 1971 ⓘ

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Attica! Attica! → referencedEvent → Attica Prison uprising ⓘ
subject linked to: "Attica! Attica!"
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy → mainSubject → Attica Prison uprising ⓘ
subject linked to: Heather Ann Thompson
Tom Wicker → wroteAbout → Attica Prison uprising ⓘ
Attica Correctional Facility → knownFor → Attica Prison uprising ⓘ
Attica Correctional Facility → event → Attica Prison riot of 1971 ⓘ
linked to: Attica Prison uprising
Attica Prison uprising → alsoKnownAs → Attica Prison riot ⓘ
linked to: Attica Prison uprising
Attica Prison uprising → alsoKnownAs → Attica Correctional Facility uprising ⓘ
linked to: Attica Prison uprising
Attica Blues → mainSubject → Attica Prison uprising ⓘ