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Locked Down: Prison cutbacks leave inmates hopeless
New York's Governor George Pataki has eliminated many prison programs that were originally put into place after a massive prison riot almost 30 years ago. It's much more difficult for prisoners to get parole in New York now because the state receives money that's directly proportionate to the number of people imprisoned (because of the Violent Criminal Incarceration Act, passed by Congress in 1995).
Tags: prisons; prisoners; inmates; parole; Violent Criminal Incarceration Act; George Pataki; New York; Charles Hamilton; cut backs; state funding; Attica; Green Haven Correctional Institute; truth in sentencing
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No title (id: 5471)
Insight magazine examines the discipline and quality of life in federal prisons; looks specifically at Lewisburg and Danbury penitentiaries, Feb. 13, 1989.
Tags: Allen Attica Marion
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No title (id: 3236)
WNED-TV (Buffalo) investigates the case of an Attica inmate serving time for murder and questions the evidence brought against him, 1980.
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