Attica's Ghosts: New Calls to Close Site of Prison Revolt After Guards Avoid Jail for Brutal Abuse

"Over four decades after the infamous Attica prison uprising, Democracy Now looks at the savage conditions inside the New York facility where three guards nearly beat a prisoner to death in 2011. The guards were charged for the attack, but just before the trial was to begin, they all have pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and will not serve jail time. Democracy Now speaks to reporter Tom Robbins of The Marshall Project , whose investigation of the guards’ case was published in collaboration with The New York Times ; and former Attica prisoner Antonio Yarbough, who served 20 years for a triple murder but was exonerated last year."