AMERICAN PRISONS IN TURMOIL, PART 2

• NCJ Number: 10365
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 1218 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: HEARINGS HELD FEBRUARY 12 & JUNE 15, 1972

Annotation

TESTIMONY BY SEVERAL INMATES OF THE ATTICA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN NEW YORK AND BY MEMBERS OF VARIOUS PRISON PROJECTS.

Abstract

THESE WITNESSES DISCUSSED PRISON CONDITIONS, INMATE-STAFF RELATIONS, REHABILITATIVE ATTEMPTS, AND THE CAUSES OF PRISON DISORDERS. EACH TESTIFIED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WHILE AT ATTICA. A COPY OF THE OPINION, DELIVERED BY THE COURT, IN ONE OF THE LAWSUITS BETWEEN THE INMATES OF ATTICA AND THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, IS INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE HEARINGS HELD BY THE NEW YORK STATE SPECIAL COMMISSION ON ATTICA.