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January 11, 2024

Prisoners at Upstate New York Facility File Say Guards Waterboarded Them
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Here in New York, lawsuits filed by prisoners at the Great Meadow
Correctional Facility accuse guards of abuse and torture. Two men,
44-year-old Charles Wright and 32-year-old Eugene Taylor, say they were
brutally beaten by guards, who also took them to another facility where
they waterboarded them. Both men say they were falsely accused of
disciplinary infractions after the event. A separate lawsuit, filed by
44 prisoners, says guards inflicted physical and psychological abuse on
inmates during an October lockdown, including violently attacking them.
Great Meadow prison is located in Comstock, about 200 miles north of New
York City.


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