Broken bones, bloodied inmates: The inside story of a night of violence at N.J.’s women’s prison
Updated Feb 10, 2021;
Posted Feb 08, 2021
The attorney general announced charges Thursday against Edna Mahan corrections officer Luis Garcia, Sgt. Amir Bethea and Sgt. Anthony Valvano.
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The officers wore riot gear and carried shields and canisters of pepper spray, according to inmates and prosecutors. They moved from cell to cell in formations of five down the long hallway of a special housing unit at New Jersey’s only women’s prison.
They were there for a series of “cell extractions,” what normally are routine removals of unruly inmates as officers search for contraband.