In the tumultuous and racially charged environment of the Attica Correctional Facility in the late summer of 1971, Santiago Santos, a 29-year-old male inmate, found himself caught in a maelstrom of desperation and rebellion. The prison, severely overcrowded and plagued by deplorable living conditions, became a powder keg of inmate grievances. For years, the men incarcerated within its walls had endured inadequate food and medical care, and a blatant disregard for their basic human rights, often
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