WNYC's Race and Justice unit is looking back at the 1971 Attica Prison Uprising. Joseph Gedeon, reporter in WNYC's Race and Justice Unit, and Emily Lang, producer at WNYC, discuss their project and what's changed in New York's prison system five decades later.
Storming of the Gates: Failed Negotiations and the Retaking of Attica
Storming of the Gates: Prisoners' Right To "True Religious Freedom"