In January 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono performed their protest song “Attica State” on The David Frost Show, sparking a rare live debate with the studio audience. The historic exchange, centered on ...
Lawyer Malcolm Bell was tasked with the prosecution of state police and others who may have committed crimes, including murder, during the violent and deadly retaking of Attica prison on Sept. 13, ...
A new video has just been released of John Lennon and Yoko Ono performing at a benefit concert for the families of those ...
Fifty years ago, Attica maximum security prison in upstate New York was infamous for its harsh conditions. Prisoners were issued one roll of toilet paper each month. Asking for more meant risking a ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 40 years after the nation’s bloodiest prison rebellion, newly released documents contain accounts, some never before seen publicly, from National Guardsmen and a doctor ...
As Gov. Kathy Hochul weighs which prisons to close this year amid declining incarceration rates and a corrections staffing crisis, advocates and formerly incarcerated people are calling for one of New ...
John Lennon's killer Mark David Chapman has been transferred from the prison where he's spent the last 30 years. Chapman was moved from Attica Correctional Facility to another maximum security jail in ...
Robert Douglass served as Counsel and later Secretary to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller from 1965 to 1972. At Rockefeller's request, he was sent to Attica during the uprising to represent the governor ...
ATTICA, N.Y. — As demonstrations by correctional officers across New York reached their third day, the state began its response. The National Guard rolled up to the Attica Correctional Facility and ...
WARSAW, N.Y. — A Wyoming County man will serve at least 15 years in prison for crimes committed against a civilian employee at the Attica Correctional Facility. Emmanuel Jenkins, 38, was sentenced on ...