Ghost of Attica
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Some of the demands that the inmates were demanding were non-negotiable. For example, one of the demands was amnest
The documentary “Ghost of Attica” shows what happened in the Attica riot and the lawsuit placed against the state. The Attica prison riot took place in the Attica correctional facility in New York in 1971. A group of inmates rebelled and took control of the prison and 40 employees as hostages. After that followed inmates demanding better living conditions in the already overcrowded prison, adequate food and water, better medical treatment, legal representation, amnesty, and a whole list of other demands. The riot lasted for 5 days and ended in a bloody scene. Governor Nelson Rockefeller ordered an attack on the prison in order to gain back control. Inmates held up hostages with knives to there throats, but State Troopers went in to the prison with guns ready to kill. The troopers ended up killing 29 inmates, 10 hostages and wounding over 80 people.
The massacre that took placed in Attica was a brutal fight between the inmates and the state to regain control of the prison. Rockefeller who was the governor at the time decided to end the riot and take the prison back by force. Rockefellers actions were brutal. The plan seemed to not even focus on rescuing the hostages that were in the yard with the inmates. The police just went and shot up the entire prison. I felt that there was no other way for the state to regain control of the prison without force. However, the violence continued with guards torturing inmates. I think that this attack on the prison was not only to regain control, but to show others what would happen if they went against the government or the state. All the torturing that was done was not necessary because they had already regained control of the prison and inmates. The police were just having their fun with inmates and that should have not been allowed to happen. It is sad as well to see that we would do anything to gain back control even if it means to kill our own employees.
Some of the request that the inmates were demanding were non-negotiable, but others were basically human basic rights. For example, one of the demands was amnesty. This request is not negotiable. These inmates cant think that they could rebel, take over a prison, kill their own ,kill some guards, and not be