1971 Attica Prison Riots

On the day of September 9,1971 there was an incident that changed the U.S. It was the Attica Prision Riots. Prisioners seized control of the Correctional Facility taking several hostages. There were negeotion attempts but they failed. Action was takin by the New York State governer Nelson Rockefeller. He ordered state troopers to retake D yard. It was a four day siege, the incident cost the lives of 11 prison guards and 32 inmates. The stand off ended after the state troopers stormed the prison on September 13,1971. Eighty people were wounded, the type of response used became a symbol of e…