For example, in the Army,projections are made over an 84-month time horizon, for some 300skills, in 9 grades, using 12 personnel quality groups, differentiatingmale and female, and incorporating policy for recruiting, reclassify-ing, promoting, and separating.
The Attica riot was the worst prison riot in U.S. history. A total of 43 people were killedâprison guard William Quinn, the 39 killed in the raid, and three inmates killed by other prisoners early in the riot.
Not all works of history have something to say so directly to the present, but Heather Ann Thompsonâs âBlood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy,â which deals with racial conflict, mass incarceration, police brutality and dissembling politicians, reads like it was special-ordered for the sweltering summer of 2016.