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639 Exchange St. Attica, NY 14011-0149. Main Line (585) 591-2000. TOP. Attica Correctional Facility. SHARE. Overview. Superintendent: Julie Wolcott. Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security level facility for males. Programs. Every facility has a variety of programs to help incarcerated individuals, which can include:
Eight boxes contain fully disclosable records, including published materials, data on casualties, lists of law enforcement officers present, documents relating to inmates’ demands, court documents, newspaper clippings, photographs of the prison post-riot, general information on Dept. of Correctional Services and Attica C.F., etc.
Attica Correctional Facility, prison in Attica, New York, one of the last so-called big house prisons built in the United States. Constructed in 1931, it was the most expensive penal facility of its day.
- Linda Dailey Paulson
Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison campus in the Town of Attica, New York, [2][3] operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It was constructed in the 1930s in response to earlier riots within the New York state prisons.
Sep 13, 2016 · Fifty years ago this week, men imprisoned at New York’s Attica Correctional Facility started an uprising. Days later, thirty-nine people were killed by authorities retaking control of Attica. The incident spurred landmark prison reform efforts.
The 1971 uprising at Attica Correctional Facility in Western New York was one of the most significant events in the history of the American corrections system.
The 1971 uprising at Attica Correctional Facility in Western New York was one of the most significant events in the history of the American corrections system. Scholars and professionals in the criminal justice field, as well the current inmate population, look to the lessons of Attica for guidance in addressing conditions in American prisons.