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Betrayal at Attica

Correctionalofficers, the commissionfound, have in the main chosenthis work for job...

[Narrator] correctional
officers, the commission
found, have in the main chosen
this work for job security, not because they want to
rehabilitate criminals

Full Transcript

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- [Narrator] correctional officers, the commission found,
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have in the main chosen this work for job security,
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not because they want to rehabilitate criminals.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:58
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...
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,
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.