In the tumultuous autumn of 1971, amidst a rebellion that would become a landmark in the history of American prisons, Carl Valone, a 44-year-old male correctional officer at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York, found his life tragically cut short. On September 13, 1971, Valone was killed, not at the hands of the inmates who had seized control of the prison, but from the gunfire of the very forces sent to restore order.
The events leading to Valone's death began four days
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