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The New York state troopers and national guardsmen involved in police assault on Attica state prison were trained in use of firearms. Yet nine of the (...)
The New York state troopers and national guardsmen involved in police assault on Attica state prison were trained in use of firearms. Yet nine of the (...)

The New York state troopers and national guardsmen involved in police assault on Attica state prison were trained in use of firearms. Yet nine of the (...)

Date9/13/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: The New York state troopers and national guardsmen involved in police assault on Attica state prison were trained in use of firearms. Yet nine of the hostages they were to rescue were shot to death. Why? asks one reader.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011381F
Saving in to crush riot, National Guardsmen wearing gas masks prepare to storm Cellblock D, the stronghold of the rebellious convicts at Attica, N.Y.,(...)
Saving in to crush riot, National Guardsmen wearing gas masks prepare to storm Cellblock D, the stronghold of the rebellious convicts at Attica, N.Y.,(...)
9/13/1971
Released Hostage Paul Krotz, Blindfolded by rioting prisoners in Attica
Released Hostage Paul Krotz, Blindfolded by rioting prisoners in Attica
9/13/1971
Code of reform and prison discipline, being the third part of The system of penal law prepared for the state of Louisian
Code of reform and prison discipline, being the third part of The system of penal law prepared for the state of Louisian
1831
Low rate: Statistics compiled by criminologists indicate only a small percentage of those freed from prison on leave repeat crimes for which they were sentenced
Low rate: Statistics compiled by criminologists indicate only a small percentage of those freed from prison on leave repeat crimes for which they were sentenced
6/13/1984
Bright and clean: State-of-the-art control centre for new 80-man cell block at Warkworth
Bright and clean: State-of-the-art control centre for new 80-man cell block at Warkworth
8/22/1991
Innocent girls are locked up in Grandview School along with others guilty of crimes ranging from assault to shoplifting to prostitution
Innocent girls are locked up in Grandview School along with others guilty of crimes ranging from assault to shoplifting to prostitution
5/2/1975
As three lifers hold 15 hostages in the British Columbia penitentiary, at New Westminster, prison director Dragan Cernetic (centre) confers with two o(...)
As three lifers hold 15 hostages in the British Columbia penitentiary, at New Westminster, prison director Dragan Cernetic (centre) confers with two o(...)
6/9/1975
On way to new prisons after a four-day convict rebellion at Kingston penitentiary inmates wave and give victory sign as they are transferred by bus yesterday
On way to new prisons after a four-day convict rebellion at Kingston penitentiary inmates wave and give victory sign as they are transferred by bus yesterday
4/18/1971
Idleness in prison is an invitation to disaster, a sub-committee of the Commons said in a report on Canada's federal prison system
Idleness in prison is an invitation to disaster, a sub-committee of the Commons said in a report on Canada's federal prison system
7/14/1975
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents relative to the commencement and progress of any acts or system of retaliation(...)
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents relative to the commencement and progress of any acts or system of retaliation(...)
1814
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents relative to the commencement and progress of any acts or system of retaliation(...)
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents relative to the commencement and progress of any acts or system of retaliation(...)
1814
Report of the Board of Inspectors of Asylums, Prisons, &c
Report of the Board of Inspectors of Asylums, Prisons, &c
1861-1868.