Research

Scope and Content Note

The records document publicity about the Attica Correctional Facility riot and its aftermath. They include: a binder containing newspaper clippings (texts and pictures) about the riot; wirephoto prints and other photographs of National Guard, State Police, and Corrections personnel, of inmates (not identifiable), and of the inner yard of the prison after it was retaken; Lexis/Nexis printouts of New York Times abstracts of news stories and editorials regarding the riot, the ensuing negotiations, and the retaking of the prison; and copies of press releases by Governor Hugh L. Carey, 1976, regarding the investigations of the Attica events. These materials contain visual and textual evidence of the intense publicity that the Attica events received, and the effort of the Division of State Police to track that publicity.