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Fourth officer charged in assault at New Jersey women’s prison A fourth correctional officer has been charged in connection with an assault on at least six inmates, and an attempted coverup of this attack, at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton, New Jersey. The charges result from an incident that took place at the women’s prison in January. The brutality of the incident and the seriousness of the victims’ injuries prompted the state attorney general to open an ongoing investigation. It is the latest in a long series of inquiries concerning the prison. On February 24, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal charged Sgt. Matthew Faschan with two counts of second-degree official misconduct and one count of third-degree tampering with public records or information. Faschan, who has been suspended, was asked to film the extraction of several prisoners from their cells during the incident in question. One victim claims that Faschan deliberately did not recor ....
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. Facebook Share Twitter Share 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. ....