Rochester Hearings – April 12, 1972 (Afternoon). Recording continues David Addison, Deputy General Counsel examining Robert Matthews, current inmate at Attica about menus for dietary restrictions, inmate officer relations, racial discrimination, discrimination against Muslims, and daily life. Follow-up questions are asked by Commission members McKay, Henix, Rothschild, Guerrero, Broderick, Wadsworth, Carter, Marshall, and Wilbanks. Protestors interrupt the hearings. WRVR journalists Dan Mack and Arthur Albert interview members of Attica Prisoners Solidarity Committee. Albert interviews former Attica inmate John Delgado and takes WRVR listener phone calls to discuss the hearings. Rochester Hearings – April 13, 1972 (Morning) Mack gives a summary of the morning’s hearings. Recording starts near the end of Arthur Liman, General Counsel, examining James E. Cochrane about being a corrections officer at Attica Correctional Facility. Follow-up questions are asked by Commission members McKay, Wilbanks, Carter, Wadsworth, Broderick, Guerrero, Rothschild, and Henix. Cochrane makes a final statement. Session is adjourned. Mack summarizes proceedings. Albert interviews former Attica inmate Louis Kemack and takes WRVR listener phone calls to discuss the hearings.

Identifier
NYSA_B1341-12_B8884598F_02

Date Original
April 12 1972

Language
English

Source
New York State Archives. New York (State). Special Commission on Attica. Special Commission on Attica audiotapes and transcripts of commission hearings, 1972. B1341-12, Box 1, Tape 1, Copy B.;1/4 inch open reel audiotape

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