Attica Prison: New York AG Seeks Release Of Sealed Documents Of 1971 Riot Labeled 'Nation's Bloodiest Rebellion' (Video)
Eric Schneiderman, the New York attorney general, has asked a state judge to release sealed documents about the five day riot, in September 1971 where "inmates took control of the maximum security prison... until state troopers and guards stormed the facility and fatally shot 29 prisoners and 10 hostages."