Map of Attica Correctional Facility located on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-684) and index.

State secrets -- The tinderbox -- Power and politics unleashed -- The sound before the fury -- Retribution and reprisals unimagined -- Reckonings and reactions -- Inquiries and diversions -- Justice on trial -- Blowing the whistle -- David and Goliath -- A final flight. The tinderbox. Frank "Big Black" Smith -- Not So Greener Pastures -- Responding to Resistance -- Voices from Auburn -- Knowledge Is Power -- Playing by the Rules -- Back and Forth -- End of the Line -- Power and politics unleashed. Michael Smith -- Talking Back -- Burning Down the House -- Reeling and Reacting -- Order Out of Chaos -- What’s Going On -- Into the Night -- A New Day Dawns -- The sound before the fury. Tom Wicker -- Getting Down to Business -- Dreams and Nightmares -- On the Precipice -- Deciding Disaster -- Retribution and reprisals unimagined. Tony Strollo -- Chomping at the Bit -- Standing Firm -- No Mercy -- Spinning Disaster -- And the Beat Goes On -- Reckonings and reactions. Robert Douglass -- Speaking Up -- Stepping Back -- Funerals and Fallout -- Prodding and Probing -- Which Side Are You On? -- Ducks in a Row -- Inquiries and diversions. Anthony Simonetti -- Digging More Deeply -- Foxes in the Hen House -- Stick and Carrot -- Seeking Help -- Indictments All Around -- Justice on Trial. Ernest Goodman -- Mobilizing and Maneuvering -- A House Divided -- Laying the Groundwork -- Testing the Waters -- Going for Broke -- Evening the Score -- A Long Journey Ahead -- Blowing the Whistle. Malcolm Bell -- Joining the Team -- Protecting the Police -- Smoking Guns -- Going Public -- Investigating the Investigation -- Closing the Book -- David and Goliath. Elizabeth Fink -- It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over -- Shining the Light on Evil -- Delay Tactics -- The Price of Blood -- Deal with the Devil -- A Final Fight. Deanne Quinn Miller -- Family Fury -- Manipulated and Outmaneuvered -- Biting the Hand -- Getting Heard -- Waiting Game -- A Hollow Victory -- Epilogue: Prisons and Power.

National Book Award, 2016