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Attica is a triangular peninsula jutting into the Aegean Sea. It is naturally divided to the north from Boeotia by the 10 mi (16 km) long Cithaeron and Parnes mountain ranges. To the west of Eleusis , the Greek mainland narrows into Megaris , connecting to the Peloponnese at the Isthmus of Corinth .

Attica: the story behind the bloodiest prison riot in US history | Documentary films | The Guardian. ‘What happened inside Attica resonated with what was happening outside Attica in 1971 ...

A new documentary goes behind the walls of the deadly 1971 uprising. Attica filmmaker Stanley Nelson and former prisoner Arthur Harrison reflect on the five-day revolt, and its lasting legacy.

Attica documentary tells the story of America’s deadliest prison riot. Rage over living conditions in the prison escalated into a five-day rebellion that ended violently as state officials ...

Attica prison revolt, prison insurrection in 1971, lasting from September 9 to September 13, during which inmates in New York’s maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility seized control of the prison and took members of the prison staff hostage to demand improved living conditions.

Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security campus New York State prison in the Town of Attica, New York, operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It was constructed in the 1930s in response to earlier riots within the New York state prisons.

An Army helicopter makes a low pass over the Attica Correctional Facility on Sept. 13, 1971. Troops fired tear gas shells into the prison's D Yard, where inmates held 38 hostages. File photo

Prisoners seize control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York beginning on September 9, 1971. Later that day, state police retook most of the prison, but ...