Attica Prison Riots 1971

The Attica Prison Uprising 50 Years Later

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 13, 2021

WNYC's Race and Justice unit is looking back at the 1971 Attica Prison Uprising. Joseph Gedeon, reporter in WNYC's Race and Justice Unit, and Emily Lang, producer at WNYC, discuss their project and what's changed in New York's prison system five decades later. 

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