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Attica uprising items being sent back to families
By timesunion.com- Paul Grondahl
Published: 08/29/2014

Hundreds of personal items from the 1971 Attica prison uprising including blood-caked clothing, handwritten letters, eyeglasses and watches are being returned to family members after a contentious 43-year struggle.

The objects were picked up from the bullet-pocked, bloody prison yard after the bodies were removed.

The personal effects languished in storage for decades before being passed between state agencies.

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