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...convict leaders, walked into the midst of the rebels. The prisoners had created an extremely efficient paramilitary organization. The leaders had commandeered a megaphone, and they dictated a list of demands, which had been neatly typed by inmates seated at a long bench. The hostages were encircled and carefully guarded???both against escape and from any harm by more hostile inmates?by a ring of grim convicts, standing with arms interlocked. Some wore football helmets; others were masked by towels and rags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: War at Attica: Was There No Other Way? | 9/27/1971 | See Source »

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