The Prison Guard's Daughter : : my Journey Through the Ashes of Attica

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Call Number: 365.974 Mi, Adult Book / Nonfiction / True Crime / Miller, Deanne Quinn
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Foreword / by Malcolm Bell, former state prosecutor in the Attica uprising investigation -- The prison whistle -- Struggles at home -- Life beyond Attica -- The radio show -- My father's killers -- Attica families reunite -- Demands of the forgotten victims -- Our lobbying begins -- He was like a guardian angel -- The guard who survived -- Big Black and I -- Increasing the pressure -- Meeting the Attica prosecutor -- Taking our case public -- Meeting Richard -- The workmen's compensation ruse -- Task force heats up -- The pains of 9/11 -- Shattered dreams -- I thought my dad was Superman -- All of those people on that list were dead? -- I couldn't stand on that ground again -- The negotiations stall -- Saying no to $10 million -- Restitution for survivors -- The riot artifacts -- Opening the records -- Seeking an apology.
"Deanne Quinn Miller was five years old when her father-William "Billy" Quinn-was murdered in the first minutes of the Attica Prison Riot, the only corrections officer to die at the hands of inmates. But how did he die? Who were the killers? Those questions haunted Dee and wreaked havoc on her psyche for thirty years. Finally, when she joined the Forgotten Victims of Attica, she began to find answers. This began the process of bringing closure not only for herself but for the other victims' families, the former prisoners she met, and all of those who perished on September 13, 1971-the day of the "retaking," when New York State troopers and corrections officers at the Attica Correctional facility slaughtered twenty-nine rioting prisoners and ten hostages in a hail of gunfire. In The Prison Guard's Daughter, Dee brings readers in on her lifelong mission for the truth and justice for the Attica survivors and the families of the men who lost their lives. But the real win was the journey that crossed racial and criminal-justice divides: befriending infamous Attica prisoner Frank "Big Black" Smith, meeting Richard Clark and other inmates who tried to carry her father to safety after his beating, and learning what life was like for all of the people-prisoners and prison employees alike-inside Attica. As Miller lays bare the truth about her father's death, the world inside Attica, and the state's reckless raid and coverup, she conveys a narrative of compassionate humanity and a call for prison reform."--Amazon.

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