Attica Prison Uprising

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Eleanor Fischer explores the issue of prison reform two months after the Attica Prison uprising of September 1971. The interview includes a discussion with former inmates and William vanden Heuvel who was the Chairman of the New York City Board of Corrections.

WNYC archives id: 61457