Alderson Attica Demands

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This pamphlet includes a list of twenty-eight demands issued by prisoners at Attica State Prison in New York in May, 1971, and 42 demands issued by women prisoners at Alderson Federal Prison, which were presented during a four day sit-in in solidarity with Attica prisoners during the week of September 14, 1971. Many of these demands refer to basic rights such as access to adequate food, water, and shelter. Other demands relate to parole, work programs, censorship, and more. The pamphlet also fea