A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, ...

The concert took place 24 years ago, on Dec. 17, 1971, at the Apollo Theater in New York. Video shows John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band performing what was then a new song, “Attica State.” The clip ...

Answering the call of those locked up in Alabama and Texas prisons, incarcerated people in 40 prisons in 24 states across the U.S. have initiated a work strike to coincide with the 45th anniversary of ...

Lawyer Malcolm Bell was tasked with the prosecution of state police and others who may have committed crimes, including murder, during the violent and deadly retaking of Attica prison on Sept. 13, ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 40 years after the nation’s bloodiest prison rebellion, newly released documents contain accounts, some never before seen publicly, from National Guardsmen and a doctor ...

Elizabeth Fink, a civil rights attorney who fought successfully for compensation for inmate victims of the 1971 riot at Attica Correctional Facility, died on Sept. 22. Elizabeth Fink, a civil rights ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state prison authorities have lifted a ban on a book about the 1971 Attica uprising following a First Amendment lawsuit. Author Heather Ann Thompson, a historian and ...

In January 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono performed their protest song “Attica State” on The David Frost Show, sparking a rare live debate with the studio audience. The historic exchange, centered on ...

The recent $12 million proposed settlement for state workers connected to the 1971 Attica prison siege and for their families marks closure after decades of despair, members of the Forgotten Victims ...

Fifty years ago, Attica maximum security prison in upstate New York was infamous for its harsh conditions. Prisoners were issued one roll of toilet paper each month. Asking for more meant risking a ...