@gAlienLifeform to News • 8 months agoGuards Beat and Waterboarded Prisoners in New York, Lawsuits Saywww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square2arrow-up1103arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkGuards Beat and Waterboarded Prisoners in New York, Lawsuits Saywww.nytimes.com@gAlienLifeform to News • 8 months agomessage-square2file-text
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minus-square@RestrictedAccountlink15•8 months ago Although allegations of brutality in New York State prisons are not unusual, the claim of waterboarding is. “Although allegations of brutality in New York State prisons are not unusual…” Maybe start there
minus-square@gAlienLifeformOPlink12•8 months agoThere’s an article about this same prison from 2021 called “The Worst Prison in New York State” (archived) that includes the line, “I will put it to you like this,” Gerard Bastien, currently incarcerated at Great Meadow, said. “You see how police are killing people outside and get away with it? It’s the same thing in here, but worse.” which seems to sum things up pretty well
“Although allegations of brutality in New York State prisons are not unusual…”
Maybe start there
There’s an article about this same prison from 2021 called “The Worst Prison in New York State” (archived) that includes the line,
which seems to sum things up pretty well