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Remembering Attica Prison: The 'Bloodiest One-Day Encounter Between Americans Since The Civil War' Sep 13th 2012, 16:02 Forty-one years ago, the nation's deadliest prison uprising came to a violent end at Attica Correctional Facility in Western New York as 1,000 National Guardsmen, prison guards, and state and local police stormed the facility and launched a full-scale assault on the inmates. When the smoke cleared, 39 men -- 10 hostages and 29 inmates -- were dead. The deadly four-day riot began Sept. 9, 1971. Nearly half of Attica prison's approximately 2,200 inmates rebelled and seized control of the prison. Some were angry over the death of an African American activist at another prison, while others revolted because they were unhappy with the brutal living conditions inside Attica. Read More... More on New York

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