How was the Attica uprising an example of the failure of the rational legal proc

How was the Attica uprising an example of the failure of the rational legal process?
Do you see examples of such failures in the justice system today where we as a society have put trust in highly structured, rule based institutions only to discover that rules always governed the behavior of actors?
A couple persons have inquired about background material for this discussion. Please review the following in addituon to whatever other research you have done.
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1049295683/attica-prison-documentary-stanley-nelson
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/29/learning-from-the-slaughter-in-attica
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/09/09/revisiting-the-ghosts-of-attica