ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 40 years after the nation’s bloodiest prison rebellion, newly released documents contain accounts, some never before seen publicly, from National Guardsmen and a doctor ...

Frances Whalen for 33 years battled her own private demons after her husband, a prison guard, was killed in the 1971 Attica prison riot. Two weeks ago, in yet another in a relentless series of ...

ALBANY — A new public website at the New York State Archives contains a collection of documents relating to investigations and litigation that followed the 1971 Attica prison riot. Most pertain to the ...

At Rockefeller's request, he was sent to Attica during the uprising to represent the governor and to help quell the riot and appease the inmates. Frank Smith was an inmate at the prison and acted as a ...

Attorneys for the widow of the state police official who ordered the storming of Attica prison on Sept. 13, 1971, have used the words of the judge responsible for sealing the second and third volumes ...