Inmates say they were beaten after Matt, Sweat prison escape
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According to The New York Times, inmates claim that within hours of two prisoners escaping from the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, guards beat and choked prisoners in a frantic search for information. NBC’s Craig Melvin reports for TODAY.Aug. 12, 2015
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