Attica Prison Uprising | Amnesty | 2
American Scandal
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4.5 • 19.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Negotiators enter the prison, and attempt to bring an end to the uprising. But the prisoners make a demand that proves to be a major obstacle.
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| 0:10.3 | It's September 9, 1971, and late morning at the Attica Correctional Facility in Western |
| 0:25.1 | New York. |
| 0:26.1 | Out in the prison yard, Richard X Clark carries a heavy bundle of canned food as he heads to |
| 0:31.0 | a table. |
| 0:32.3 | Clark sets down the food and wipes the sweat from his forehead. |
| 0:35.6 | His arms are sore and tired, but for Clark, it's good feeling. |
| 0:39.7 | As he looks around, he's struck by the transformation that's taken hold of this maximum security |
| 0:44.0 | prison. |
| 0:45.0 | Rival gang members are working side by side, carrying supplies to a medical tent, an |
| 0:50.4 | inmate disinfects a wound on another inmate's left cheek. |
| 0:53.8 | The prison yard has turned into a sprawling encampment, a democratic village that's run |
| 0:58.4 | by the prisoners themselves. |
| 1:00.8 | It's an incredible turn of events. |
| 1:03.0 | For years, the inmates have been treated like animals. |
| 1:05.6 | They were beaten mercilessly, and never given proper food or medical care. |
| 1:10.3 | But then, just a few hours ago, the inmates erupted in revolt. |
| 1:14.2 | They drove back the guards, and after taking several dozen of them hostage, they took control |
| 1:19.1 | of the prison. |
| 1:20.5 | The prisoners then banded together and developed a list of changes they wanted to see in |
| 1:24.8 | Attica. |
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