WAttica Correctional Facility is a maximum security campus New York State prison in the town of Attica, New York, operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It was constructed in the 1930s and held many of the most dangerous criminals of the time. A CS gas system installed in the mess hall and industry areas has been used to quell conflicts in these areas. The prison now holds many inmates who are serving various types of sentences, and who are usually sent to the facility because of disciplinary problems in other facilities.
WAgainst the Wall is a 1994 American action historical drama television film directed by John Frankenheimer, written by Ron Hutchinson, and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kyle MacLachlan. It aired on HBO on March 26, 1994. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Jackson and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Frankenheimer.
WAttica is a 1980 television film directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. It stars Morgan Freeman, Henry Darrow, Charles Durning, Joel Fabiani and Anthony Zerbe. It depicts the events leading up to and during the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility riot and the aftermath.
WAttica Blues is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp. Originally released in 1972 on the Impulse! label, the album title refers to the Attica Prison riots.
WThe Attica Prison Rebellion, also known as the Attica Prison Massacre, Attica Uprising or Attica Prison Riot, was the bloodiest prison riot in United States history and is one of the best-known and most significant flashpoints of the prisoners' rights movement.
WBlood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy is the third book from the University of Michigan historian Heather Ann Thompson. The book provides the first complete history of the Attica Prison uprising of 1971 and details not only the events of the week-long uprising and its brutal ending, but also the protracted legal battles that persisted for decades after the event. Blood in the Water reflects Thompson's more than a decade of research, including information from interviews, government records, personal correspondence, and legal documents, much of which has never been made public before. Thompson argues that the Attica uprising and New York state's response represented shifting American approaches to incarceration and policy, the reverberations of which continue to influence America's prison system. Film rights to the book have been optioned by TriStar Pictures though no release date has been confirmed yet.
WChanges One is an album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus, released in 1975.
WInmates of Attica Correctional Facility v Rockefeller, 477 F.2d 375 (1973) was a United States 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals case that affirmed the right of state prosecutors to choose whether to investigate and prosecute individuals that have potentially committed a crime.