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    ATTICA PRISON RIOT MARY AMON CJS/221 CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX INTRODUCTION OF THE ATTICA PRISON RIOT • In the later part of 1971‚ a riot was caused at the Attica Correctional facility in Attica‚ New York. This riot occurred at the very time that the Prisoners’ Right Movement was passed. This riot was to demand the right of prisoners on political issues and also a good living conditions. It was also deemed as one of the most famous and significant riots that ever

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    The Attica prison revolt had many conditions that would cause many of the inmates to have a riot. The condition in which these inmates lived was horrible. I know when a person commit a crime they are punished for the crime. This was very cruel of how these inmates were treated. The uniforms did not fit the inmates well. The meals were not pleasant and baths were giving once a week. These inmates had to pay for their toilet items and the state clothing and these items were brought from the commissary

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    Analysis Essay CJ/407 Monday May 26‚ 2014 The Attica Prison Riot This paper reflects on two crisis situations‚ The 1972 Olympic Terrorist attack in Munich‚ Germany‚ and The Attica Prison Riot of 1971. This paper will discuss what went wrong on behalf of the negotiators and how things could’ve of different with a properly trained crisis negotiation team. The ongoing crisis staging in prisons and at local police departments makes it possible for a crisis team

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    The Attica Prison Riot of 1971 alarmed and outraged society. The public outrage brought about long overdue prison reforms including changes to public policy and administration. The riot began on September 9‚ 1971 and ended on September 13‚ 1971 when state police stormed the prison and opened fire. The re-taking of the prison left ten employees and twenty-nine inmates dead. During the riot itself one employee and three inmates were killed. The exact causes or incidents that led to the uprising are

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    positions in prisons are known to be very demanding. Correctional facilities are difficult to operate and are forced to deal with overcrowding which leads to an outnumbered staff and a continuous flow of violent and dangerous inmates. An issue that management faces is the occurrence of riots. According to dictionary.com‚ a riot is a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a disrupting and tumultuous manner in carrying out their private purposes. Some riots are characterized

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    Riots In Prisons

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    Prisons are full of criminals and aggressive angry people; riots are not a very common occurrence with prison guards keeping most inmates under control‚ but they do happen. After the riot subdues‚ since it is common for some inmates to detain a guard or other prison employee so that the riot can take place without interruption‚ the inmates would be charged for false imprisonment‚ hostage taking‚ and most evidently rioting would be the main charge for the inmates involved. I would say false imprisonment

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    Riot in Prisons

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    RIOT Riot is a situation in which a group of people behave violently in a public place‚ often as a protest against a system or a policy. This protest normally is in a manner that the behaviour is difficult to be controlled‚ in most cases‚ this act results to destruction of valuable properties‚ injuries on people and sometimes lost of lives. RIOT IN PRISONS In the prison riot occurs very easily when situation like these are not avoided: 1. When prisoners plan a jail

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    Sante Fe Prison Riot

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    Corrections Term Paper New Mexico Penitentiary Riot Santé Fe‚ New Mexico The New Mexico penitentiary in south Santa Fe‚ New Mexico was no stranger to violence. This penitentiary has seen two riots in its past one July 19‚ 1922 and the other June 15‚ 1953‚ these however were nothing in comparison to the events to come. In the early morning hours of February 2‚ 1980 two prisoners began what would be recorded as one of the most violent prison riots in the history of the American correctional

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    country roads only to come to this place. They had returned to Attica. They came in on a road so covered in grit that their passage was marked by two long gray stripes torn through the sandy dust. The truck rolled down Main Street Attica with a speed born of the confidence that traffic was a thing of the past. At the edge of town‚ past an abandoned public swimming pool‚ where the houses started to thin out‚ were the towering walls of Attica Correctional Facility. It looked like a medieval fortress

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    Riot After Riot 1700s

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    They were greedy and they wanted more money than you could possibly believe. They even said publicly‚ “I want money‚ and I want it now!” The townspeople were furious at the royal family because of their greediness. They would start a riot after riot after riot because of the unfairness. The townspeople made everything for the royal family and got nothing

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