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Died in prison

One of 30 people whose names were not reported

died September 13, 1971 · Attica Correctional Facility, Oswego County, New York

An unnamed man held at Attica Correctional Facility in New York was one of 33 prisoners killed on September 13, 1971, when state police, National Guardsmen and volunteers retook the prison during the uprising. The record lists his cause of death as gunshot wounds sustained in the crossfire during the retaking. Who fired the shots that struck him is not stated in the source.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed). The record says the person was killed by gunshot wounds in the crossfire when state police and National Guardsmen retook Attica Correctional Facility, a claim that the state's own account frames as crossfire rather than deliberate force, and no source here names the person or describes an official ruling.

Reported by: Attica Correctional Facility (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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