Attica. Transcribed Interview of Dalou Gonzalez, Oral history, ca. 1975-1977.

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Attica. Transcribed Interview of Dalou Gonzalez, Oral history, ca. 1975-1977.

A detailed account of life in the State Correctional Facility at Attica from the perspective of an inmate. Dalou Gonzalez was frank and open in discussing the conditions that attributed to the bloody uprising in September 1971. In addition, he comments on changes made thereafter which were perceived to have been only cosmetic.

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Ryan, Michael.

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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 ...

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Attica Correctional Facility

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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 Eight 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. A 1926 report of the Crime Commission of New York's Sub-Commission on Penal Institutions stated that the state's prisons were operating at ...