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It's September 12, 1971 in Attica, New York. Richard X Clark walks across a massive concrete yard that's covered in mud.

He stops a warm wind blowing through his hair and stares at the site in front of him.

Clark is standing in a prison yard at the Attica Correctional Facility.

Normally this area is under tight supervision with armed guards standing watch controlling the movements of every prisoner.

But everything changed three days ago when the inmates decided they'd had enough.

They were tired of the abuse of the guards' violence and mistreatment.

So the inmates rose up and together they took control of the prison.

As Clark looks out over the yard, he still can't believe what he's saying.

Hundreds of inmates move around like free men.

A group of hostages sit huddled together on an old mattress with prisoners standing guard.

The yard has been turned into a sprawling encampment.

It's a democratic society that's run by the prisoners themselves and led by a small group of leaders including Richard X Clark.

It's only 25 years old.

He's slender and wears black-frame glasses.

Even though he's young, he knows that he and the other inmates have made history.

Now that they control Attica, they can demand significant changes, improve the lives of prisoners, but it's even bigger than that.

Clark knows they can change prisons across the country, maybe even the rest of the world.

Still, as he looks around the yard, Clark can see that the feelings of triumph and revolution are already fading.

It's day three of the standoff and the inmates look exhausted and on the brink of making a rash decision.

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