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Title:

The last graduation : the Movement for College Programs in New York State prisons after Attica / presented by Zahm Productions and Deep Dish TV ; producer/director, Barbara Zahm.

Publisher:

Deep Dish Television,

Copyright Date:

1997

Description:

1 videodisc (55 min.) : color with black and white seq. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Prisoners--Education (Higher)--New York (State)--Case studies.
Prison riots--Attica.--Attica.
Prisoners--Law and legislation.--Law and legislation.
Attica Correctional Facility.

Other Authors:

Zahm, Barbara. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002054019
Zahm Productions.
Deep Dish Television.

Notes:

Barbara Zahm, narrator.

Summary:

Researcher Barbara Zahm gives a brief history of the 1971 Attica Prison Rebellion in which forty-three men died, and the college prison program which was initiated afterward. After interviews with prison inmates, "The Movement for College Programs of New York State Prisons After Attica" was formed. Zahm tells of her transformation after working with the inmates and her anguish over the Congressional decision to eliminate Pell Grants for prisoners, thus ending the program and leading to the "Last Graduation". As of 1997 funding cuts had not been restored.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60460932

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)