When visitors arrive at Attica, there is a visitor center located outside the prison, where visitors can freshen up following rides that can be as long as 8-10 hours. Adjacent to the visiting room inside of the prison is a children's play area equipped with toys and videos. Inmate communications are fostered by their purchase of small radios for their cells, which augment the prison's three-station radio system piped into each cell. Besides access to TV in their cells and day rooms, inmates have relatively open access to newspapers, books and magazines through their own subscriptions and those available in the prison general library. The inmates also have access to a law library, as well as to trained clerks available to assist them in research and in writing papers.
Private rooms are available for meetings with attorneys.
The Inmate Liaison Committee consists of inmates elected by their peers to represent their issues and serve as a conduit to the facility administration. Other inmate organizations are formed along cultural, general interest and ethnic lines and involve more than 500 inmates at any given time. At the same time, more than 200 active volunteers from the community bring programs into prison for inmates, covering such subjects as academics, drug treatment and awareness, literacy enhancement and counseling services.