Ryan, Michael.

Born among Aborigines in South West Queensland; now living in Cooktown, Queensland.

From the description of Notes on Aborigines [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225793878

Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison housing males convicted of felonies who are 21 years of age or older committed directly by the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth judicial districts of New York. It also receives felons 16 years of age and older by transfer from the Elmira Reception Center or other institutions.

An inmate uprising focused national attention on this prison in September of 1971, when more tha 1,000 inmates seized 32 guards as hostages in an attempt to win approval for a list of demands. The demands included coverage by state minimum wage law, freedom to be politically active, true religious freedom, end to censorship of reading materials, right to communicate with anyone at their own expense, realistic rehabilitation, better food, competent medical treatment, more recreation and less cell time, and no reprisals for those taking part in the uprising. After several days of negotiating, talks stalled on the questions of amnesty from criminal prosecution and the ouster of prison superintentdent Mancusi. The next day 1,000 heavily armed state troopers, sheriff's deputies and prison guards stormed Attica under the cover of tear gas, killing 32 inmates but also 9 hostages in a hail of gunfire.

After the prison was resecured by state officials, a number of prisoners were transferred to other state facilities while the prison was repared. Today Attica houses approximately 1,897 inmates.

From the description of Attica. Transcribed Interview of Dalou Gonzalez, Oral history, ca. 1975-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122364451