Attica Correctional Facility

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Attica Correctional Facility
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Attica Correctional Facility
Location639 Exchange Street
Attica, New York
Coordinates 42°51.0′N78°16.3′W / 42.8500°N 78.2717°W / 42.8500; -78.2717
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum
Capacity2,253 [1]
Opened1931
Managed by New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Warden Julie Wolcott (2022)

Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security campus New York State prison in the town of Attica, New York, [2] [3] 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. [4]

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A CS gas system (chlorobenzylidine malononitrile) installed in the mess hall and industry areas has been used to quell conflicts in these areas. The prison now holds numerous inmates who are serving various types of sentences (short-term to life). They are often sent to this facility because of disciplinary problems in other facilities. [5] The prison is a maximum security facility. [6]

In 1984, immediately adjacent to the Attica prison, the construction of the Wyoming Correctional Facility was completed. The Wyoming prison is a medium security facility.

Rebellions

Attica was the site of a prison uprising in September 1971 in which inmates took control of the prison for several days. They were seeking to negotiate to improve conditions and treatment at the overcrowded prison. The uprising and subsequent retaking of the prison by the state resulted in 43 deaths and over 89 injuries. Police killed 39 people, ten of which included correctional officers and civilian employees who had been taken hostage. [7] Three prisoners were killed by other inmates and one guard died later from injuries sustained during the initial uprising. [8]

Notable inmates

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