ATTICA, N.Y. – On the 18th day of the prison guard strike, a special moment was witnessed outside the walls of the Attica prison. It was a meeting at the prison strike camp with two guards ...

Racial abuse and violence were routine, and the prison continued to uphold the racial segregation of prisoners. “Dehumanizing, would be [the word] for conditions in Attica in 1971,” Smith said.