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Betrayal at Attica

A 30-foot wall, two feet thick and sunk12 feet into the ground, with 14 gun...

A 30-foot wall, two feet thick and sunk
12 feet into the ground, with 14 gun towers,
surrounds the entire prison, creating an enclosed world
with its own standards, economy, and government

Full Transcript

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A 30-foot wall,
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two feet thick and sunk 12 feet into the ground,
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with 14 gun towers, surrounds the entire prison,
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creating an enclosed world with its own standards,
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economy, and government.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:47
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Fifth Column Films,HBO,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

On September 13, 1971 the State of New York shot and killed 39 of its own citizens, injured hundreds more, and tortured the survivors. The plan to retake D Yard led to one of the bloodiest days in American history, and set the sta...
Murder Incorporated, Dutch Schultz, all that, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
Murder Incorporated, Dutch Schultz, all that,
They only began to mass incarcerate Black people - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
They only began to mass incarcerate Black people
And really, when the civil rights struggle became. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And really, when the civil rights struggle became.
- [Narrator] Prisons in New York state are called - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- [Narrator] Prisons in New York state are called
Guards are called correction officers, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
Guards are called correction officers,
They operate Attica's security machine, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
They operate Attica's security machine,
In any case, few of the officers have had much training - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
In any case, few of the officers have had much training
All he does is sit and watch people and beat 'em up. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
All he does is sit and watch people and beat 'em up.
Watch 'em when they walk, watch 'em here, watch 'em there. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
Watch 'em when they walk, watch 'em here, watch &#...
- [Narrator] correctional officers, the commission found, - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- [Narrator] correctional officers, the commission found,
It was run by this hideous warden, Vincent Mancusi. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
It was run by this hideous warden, Vincent Mancusi.
It was upstate New York. All white rednecks. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
It was upstate New York. All white rednecks.
- [Narrator] Most officers first come to know Blacks - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- [Narrator] Most officers first come to know Blacks
- They tell you when to get up in the morning, - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
- They tell you when to get up in the morning,
Can you imagine you not being able - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
Can you imagine you not being able
And you know, you had to work in the metal shop - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
And you know, you had to work in the metal shop
- [McKay] Commission found prison food to be unappetizing - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- [McKay] Commission found prison food to be unappetizing
- The healthcare, the doctors, - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
- The healthcare, the doctors,
- [Narrator] In October, 1970, inmates at Auburn prison - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
- [Narrator] In October, 1970, inmates at Auburn prison
Believing reprisals were to be taken against them, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
Believing reprisals were to be taken against them,