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In September of 1971, prisoners at the Attica Correctional Facility rose up in rebellion and took control of the maximum security prison.

They would hold it for four days while negotiating for fundamental changes to improve their living conditions.

But the standoff ended in tragedy. New York State Troopers stormed Attica and opened fire, killing dozens of people including both inmates

and the prison guards who were being held hostage. It was a shocking and violent end to a story that had captured the nation's attention and shed light on the suffering inside America's prisons.

But even though the TV crew soon left Attica, the story didn't end. The inmates suffered violent reprisals for the uprising and for decades, New York State government worked to cover up the truth about what had happened at Attica.

My guest today is Heather Antomsen, a professor at the University of Michigan, an author of Blood in the Water, the Pulitzer Prize winning book about the history of Attica.

We'll discuss the troubling aftermath of the uprising after New York's government took back control of the prison.

We'll look at the state's control of the narrative and how for five decades it has suppressed the truth. Our conversation is next.

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Heather and Thompson, welcome to American scandal. So great to be here.

In our series, we looked at the four day standoff at Attica, but also the chaotic siege that ended the standoff.

We've told most of that story, but the siege itself was where things really went off the rails.

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