COSTELLO: New and shocking allegations of abuse from that New York prison where those two convicted killers escaped this summer. More than 60 inmates have filed complaints claiming guards at the Clinton Correctional Facility beat, choked and threatened them. All of this happening during the search for Richard Matt and David Sweat. CNN's Boris Sanchez is here with more. Good morning.</s>BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. Some very strong allegations against these corrections officers at the Clinton Correctional Facility. Inmates there telling "The New York Times" that these officers unleashed their frustrations regarding the escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat. They told "The New York Times" they were physically abused, some placed in solitary confinement for weeks. May say they were stripped of their privileges with their cells being ransacked. Some of their property damaged and destroyed. Some of them also claimed they were transferred to other facilities without due process. And the most incendiary claim that they were beaten during these interrogations to try to get more information about the escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat. One inmate telling "The New York Times" his account of what happened writing, quote, "An officer jumps and grabs me by my throat, lifts me out of my chair, slams my head into a pipe along the wall. Then he starts punching me in the face. One officer pointed to a plastic bag hanging on some pipes and said, you know what waterboarding is." That's from Patrick Alexander, he's an inmate who was kept in a cell not far from Richard Matt and David Sweat on the honor block. Meantime, the New York Department of Corrections says they will fully investigate these allegations and pursue anyone who is proved to have done something wrong to the fullest extent of the law.</s>COSTELLO: All right. Boris Sanchez, reporting, thank you so much. I appreciate it. And good morning. I'm Carol Costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Donald Trump continues to surge, leading now in Iowa and in New Hampshire, and loving every single moment.</s>TRUMP: So now let's say it's President Trump, ladies and gentlemen, president of the United States. Donald J. Trump.
Allegations of Abuse in New York Prison