In 1969, John Sinclair was given a 10-year prison sentence for giving two marijuana cigarettes to undercover officers in ...

Elizabeth Fink, a civil rights attorney who fought successfully for compensation for inmate victims of the 1971 riot at Attica Correctional Facility, died on Sept. 22. Elizabeth Fink, a civil rights ...

This month marks the 45th anniversary of one of the most significant prison uprising in American history. We look back at the week in 1971 when inmates at Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New ...

WARSAW, N.Y. (Reuters) - Three guards at Attica prison in western New York pleaded guilty on Monday to official misconduct in a deal that spared them prison terms stemming from the severe beating of ...

Introduction: State secrets -- The tinderbox: Frank "Big Black" Smith -- Power and politics unleashed: Michael Smith -- The sound before the fury: Tom Wicker -- Retribution and reprisals unimagined: ...

‘Attica Day’ Is Fading Fast. Here’s Why This 53-Year-Old Tradition Still Matters. For decades, New York prisoners have refused meals on Sept. 13 to mark the end of the 1971 Attica prison uprising.