Attica Prisoner Beating Resonates With a Violent Past
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Mattresses, crates and other rubble litter the yard after the 1971 riots at Attica State Prison.
( Dan Farrell via NY Daily News Archive / Getty )
( Dan Farrell via NY Daily News Archive / Getty )
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