Attica is a New York State maximum / supermaximal security prison located in Attica and is administered by the New York State Department of Corrections [2] [3] . After the construction was completed in the 1930s, many dangerous criminals of that time were kept there. A system has been installed in the prison's dining room and production facilities to spray tear gas to suppress conflicts. Now the prison contains prisoners serving various sentences from short to life, as well as prisoners transferred from other prisons in connection with problems with discipline [4] .
| Attica Correctional Facility | |
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| Location | Attica , NY |
| Coordinates | |
| Current status | acts |
| Security mode | maximum, maximum. |
| Number of seats | 2253 [1] |
| Opening | |
| Located in the department | New York State Department of Corrections |
In 1971, a riot took place in the prison, during which 43 people died, including 33 prisoners, ten jailer officers and civil servants. One of the guards died at the hands of the rebellious prisoners at the very beginning of the conflict. The rest were shot and killed during the assault on the prison by state police and national guard forces [4] . One of the reasons for the riot was overcrowding in the prison. The suppression of this rebellion was dedicated to the song of John Lennon "Attica State" from the album " Some Time in New York City " (1972). Today, the prison is also crowded. Some of the prisoners are kept in two in small cells, designed for one person [5] .
Famous Prisoners
- Mark David Chapman - the killer of John Lennon , was in Attica from 1981 to 2012, is now in the Wend Correctional Facility.
- David Berkowitz , a serial killer, is now in Sulivan Correctional Facility.
- Willie Sutton - American bank robber, robbed 100 banks in the period from the end of 1920 to 1952.
- Joel Rifkin is an American serial killer.
- Colin Ferguson - fired at the passenger train of the Long Island Railroad [6] , since 2013 he has been at Upstate Correctional Facility [7]
Notes
- ↑ Attica Correctional Facility (unavailable link) . Correctional Association of New York . Date of treatment September 4, 2016. Archived January 17, 2018.
- ↑ " Facility Listing Archived September 23, 2006. " New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision . Retrieved on July 2, 2010. "Attica Correctional Facility 639 Exchange St Attica, New York 14011-0149."
- ↑ " Attica town, Wyoming county, New York Archived on June 7, 2011. " US Census Bureau . Retrieved on July 2, 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 See Attica Prison riot
- ↑ WGBH American Experience. The Rockefellers - PBS . Date of treatment February 9, 2017.
- ↑ Pienciak, Richard T .. FINDING STRENGTH AFTER LIRR TRAGEDY Ten years ago, a maniac on a commuter train killed 6, wounded 19 and changed untold lives , Daily News (December 7, 2003). Archived on October 28, 2010. Date of treatment November 7, 2009.
- ↑ Inmate Population Information Search , New York State Department of Corrections and Public Oversight website. Retrieved January 2, 2013.