2 more guards at NJ women s prison charged in attack
MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Two more New Jersey prison guards have been charged with misconduct stemming from what officials said was a January attack on inmates at the state s only women s prison, the state s attorney general said Tuesday.
Lt. Eddie Molina has been charged with two counts of official misconduct and one count of tampering with public records, and Sgt. Andraia Bridges has been charged with a count of official misconduct, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said in a statement.
The charges stem from what Grewal said was a “brutal attack” on inmates at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women. Tuesday s announcement brings to 10 the number of guards charged. Grewal has said the guards forcibly removed inmates, against policy, and in at least two cases pepper sprayed and punched inmates.