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In many ways their long history with prison authorities led them to expect betrayal and so, even as they waited for negotiations to recommence, the men also devoted considerable time that day to constructing barricades at various doors in the yard as well as on the catwalks above.

Ten minutes after the collapse of A Block gate at Times Square, the prison alarm whistle finally sounded. Until that point, most of the 116 correction officers and 78 civilian employees who were on shift at Attica had no clue that all hell had broken loose at the very epicenter of the prison.