The troubles at the Attica Correctional Facility that led to the shooting of an inmate Wednesday night are the latest sign of escalating violence at the maximum-security prison over the ...

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.

"I do think that many of the issues surrounding Attica and why Attica happened are still issues potentially within our prison systems not only in New York, but all around the country," said Deanne ...

The Attica Prison riot, immortalized by Al Pacino’s rebellious refrain in Sidney Lumet’s “Dog Day Afternoon,” became a rallying cry against overzealous policing. Yet with the death of each ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, the deadliest prison riot in U.S. history. The riot in western New York began Sept. 9, 1971, when prisoners — angered by ...

ATTICA, N.Y. -- Shortly after noon on Sept. 13, 1971, Dr. Robert Jenks, a staff physician at Batavia's Genesee Memorial Hospital, entered hell — the Attica prison grounds where a violent state ...

Inmates at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York raise their hands in a show of unity during the 1971 prison uprising. Showtime's new documentary “Attica” dissects the event on its 50th ...

Exactly 50 years ago, from Sept. 9 to Sept. 13, 1971, the nation watched riveted as nearly 1,300 men stood together in America’s most dramatic prison uprising, for better conditions at the ...

Fifty years ago this week, September 9-13, 1971, incarcerated men at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York took control of the state prison to demand humane treatment and better living.

Showtime Documentary Films on Monday unveiled plans for the feature documentary Attica, about the 1971 prison rebellion in upstate New York, by director Stanley Nelson (The Murder of Emmett Till).

On 9 September, 1971, a group of inmates were locked in a tunnel in Attica State Prison in upstate New York, a punishment for a fight that took place between an inmate and a prison guard the day ...