Rochester Hearings – April 13, 1972 (Afternoon). Low audio quality. WRVR journalist Arthur Albert and former Attica inmate Louis Kemack take phone calls from WRVR listeners to discuss the hearings. WRVR journalist Dan Mack gives afternoon agenda and discusses hearing with Albert and Kemack. Chairman Robert McKay swears in Walter Clifford Swift Jr., former inmate. General Counsel Arthur Liman examines Swift about keeplock confinement, working in the prison hospital, racial discrimination, educational programs, and high school equivalency. Follow-up questions asked by Commission members McKay, Henix, Rothschild, Broderick, Wadsworth, and Carter. Swift makes a final statement. Mack summarizes Swift’s testimony. McKay swears in Harold Goeway, an Attica correction officer. Liman examines Goeway. Topics discussed include the parole system, HBZ Unit, rules and regulations at Attica, treatment of prisoners, communication with Attica administration, and prisoner relations. Mack summarizes testimony.

Identifier
NYSA_B1341-12_B8884599F_05

Date Original
April 13 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 2, Copy B.;1/4 inch open reel audiotape

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