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‘Attica Day’ Is Fading Fast. Here’s Why This 53-Year-Old Tradition Still Matters.

For decades, New York prisoners have refused meals on Sept. 13 to mark the end of the 1971 Attica prison uprising. Inside a ritual in decline.

Life Inside • 09.12.2025

The Future of Prisons?

Inspired by Germany, South Carolina let prisoners design their own units, write house rules and settle their own disputes. Then came politics.

Feature • 09.26.2024

Revisiting the Attica Riot in Real-Time 50 Years Later

The infamous 1971 prison revolt ended with a bloody police siege. We retell the story, minute-by-minute.

Looking Back • 09.14.2021

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