August 2017

When a few dozen prisoners took over New York's Attica State Prison in September 1971, there were a few bad injuries, but no deaths initially, and the 1,300 prisoners quickly organized themselves and issued a list of demands. But five days later, New York State Police stormed the prison; 10 hostages and 29 prisoners died.

The effects of the uprising rippled across the country, as Keramet Reiter, assistant professor of criminology, law and society writes in her review of the book "Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy" by H.A. Thompson.

Shauntece Laurant and Brianda Ruiz Chavez were chosen from among a competitive applicant pool to participate in the Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Network’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), a partnership between faculty at Rutgers University, University of New Mexico, University of Missouri-St. Louis, University of California-Irvine, and The Ohio State University designed to promote scholarly success and resources for graduate school preparation among students from underrepresented groups working in the area of Criminology, Law & Society.