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[McKay] Commission found prison food to be unappetizing
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Betrayal at Attica

Commission foundprison food to be unappetizing and not up tonutritional standards, even...

[McKay] Commission found
prison food to be unappetizing and not up to
nutritional standards, even though the basic
ingredients were
of good quality

Full Transcript

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- [McKay] Commission found prison food to be unappetizing
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and not up to nutritional standards,
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even though the basic ingredients were of good quality.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:10
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...
- 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,
They released the hostages after they got a promise - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
They released the hostages after they got a promise
Despite the promise, several of the alleged leaders - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
Despite the promise, several of the alleged leaders
They were promised no physical reprisals - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
They were promised no physical reprisals
- [Narrator] When released by a court order, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
- [Narrator] When released by a court order,
- In the spring of '71, they sent a manifesto, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
- In the spring of '71, they sent a manifesto,
And they took it from George Jackson and Folsom. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
And they took it from George Jackson and Folsom.
These were all people out of the city, - Betrayal at Attica 00:18
These were all people out of the city,
And they came into the mess hall, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
And they came into the mess hall,
And mass action by convicts, ooh, makes people very nervous, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
And mass action by convicts, ooh, makes people very nervous,
- By noon, everybody knew what was going on. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- By noon, everybody knew what was going on.
- What was the reaction of the correction officers - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
- What was the reaction of the correction officers
- It got away from them because of Russell Oswald. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- It got away from them because of Russell Oswald.
- [Narrator] Russell Oswald told the commission - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Narrator] Russell Oswald told the commission
- Who was head of the department of correctional services, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- Who was head of the department of correctional services,
And he was trying to be diplomatic. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
And he was trying to be diplomatic.
He had known that there was trouble at Attica, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
He had known that there was trouble at Attica,
And he came, and he got waylaid by his wife being sick. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
And he came, and he got waylaid by his wife being sick.