Word: atticas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meet new people of my own age, and to learn about other states. Whether you be a resident or non-resident student, I would like to hear from you. If you are desirous of corresponding with me, then please answer when you have the opportunity. Charles Ventura T-28100 Attica Correctional Facility Box 149 Attica, New York...
...Attica riot a radical conspiracy, or was it provoked by harsh treatment of prison inmates? Could the toll of 43 dead have been avoided? Countless books, studies and articles have debated the questions. Throughout all the argument, one group remained silent: the Wyoming County grand jury that was poring over the evidence to determine what criminal charges should be brought. Now it is handing down its indictments-37 so far-and last week the first formal accusations were brought against convict leaders who emerged during the revolt...
...various defendants were arrested, shackled and brought into the Wyoming County courthouse for arraignment (some had been released since the riot), it became clear that another major trial with political overtones was already in the making. Protesters marched outside the courthouse chanting, "Let the Attica brothers go!" A lawyers' defense committee has already been organized, complete with a fund-raising dinner that featured Angela Davis as a principal guest...
...grand jury is still in session and may well hand down more indictments before it adjourns. But thus far there has been one striking omission. Though all 39 men who died in the recapture of Attica were killed by official bullets, no guard or state trooper has yet been charged with anything...
Cheresh believes that the direction of the committee reveals a decline in popular interest in a social service image, despite a fascination with the institution of prisons that developed after Attica. She believes--as many chairmen do--that political radicalization follows almost inevitably from exposure to the social institutions with which she deals. As PBH has gotten away from liberal notions of altruism. Cherish thinks, people have increasingly questioned whether work in prison classrooms benefits anyone other than the volunteer. Many committee members, however, feel a responsibility to provide a contact for prisoners with the outside world, and the rate...