In September 1971, prisoners at Attica prison in update New York revolted in protest of inhumane living conditions. Showtime/Firelight hide caption
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Anthony Bottom, who now goes by the name Jalil Muntaqim, was interviewed in New York state prison in 2018. He's going home on parole after more than four decades behind bars. Messiah Rhodes/Screenshot by NPR (YouTube) hide caption
N.Y. Parole Of Former Black Panther Activist Who Murdered 2 Cops Sparks Reform Debate
President Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Wednesday as he announces his support for the first major rewrite of the nation's criminal justice sentencing laws in a generation. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Kim Kardashian West speaks at an event June 13, 2017, in New York City. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Donald Trump speaks during an event on prison reform in the East Room of the White House on Friday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
The Lafayette Parish Correctional Center in downtown Lafayette, La. By most counts, Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the country, but sentencing reformers have loosened some of the state's mandatory minimum sentences and made parole slightly easier to get. Denny Culbert for NPR hide caption