Robert Douglass: I think when Attica broke I was actually in Albany ... the defenses so that any of the entry points into the prison yard were starting to become barricaded with mattresses.

Their song was centred on Attica Prison in upstate New York, which would become the site of the largest prison uprising in US history. 1,200 inmates campaigned and rallied against their brutal ...

The historic exchange, centered on the 1971 Attica prison uprising, is now featured in the first episode of MSNBC’s new docuseries David Frost Vs. In a chilling twist, Lennon’s assassin would ...