Interview: Robert Johnson, chair of department of Justice, Law and Society at American University, discusses changes in prisons since the Attica prison riot 29 years ago

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Interview: Robert Johnson, chair of department of Justice, Law and Society at American University, discusses changes in prisons since the Attica prison riot 29 years ago

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Almost 30 years ago, a man by the name of Eliott Barkley(ph) read a statement over a megaphone asking for a better life. He and other inmates of the Attica Correctional Facility in Upstate New York wanted what amounted to fresh food, a daily shower, medical attention and the right to communicate with the world around them. It took a riot to get ...

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