Sep 9 Riots erupt at Attica. One guard is killed and forty hostages are taken. State troopers arrive on the scene. Corrections Commissioner Oswald arrives several hours later and is presented with the prisoners' demands. A federal injunction is issued promising no administrative reprisals for the Attica uprising.
Inmates request a panel of observers.
Thirty-three observers meet with prisoners but negotiations end in a stalemate. Sep 11 Attica prison guard William Quinn dies of wounds received the first day. Black Panther leader Bobby Seale is brought to Attica, to negotiate with the convicts but is not admitted to the prison. The observer committee negotiates a 28-point prisoners manifesto. Seale refuses to endorse it after he's admitted to the prison.