| Description | Track 1: Test signal 0.35 mins
News reports intended for broadcast on BBC Radio programmes on the prison uprising at Attica Correctional Facility in the state of New York in September 1971, where prison officials were taken hostage by inmates. Thirty nine people died in the state recapture of the prison. The news reports consist of accounts of the events of the recapture by Charles Wheeler, coverage by American news journalists, comments by prison officials, and comparisons with prison disturbances at San Quentin and other prisons where black inmates see themselves as political prisoners (tracks 1-5).
Further reports include coverage of the Attica recapture and its repercussions, including an account of the incident by one of the hostages and by the prison authorities (tracks 6-9).
Total: 17.09 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLAKF565D1003680 |