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2 Hudson Valley Prisons Involved In Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against New York 2 Hudson Valley Prisons Involved In Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against New York
2 Hudson Valley Prisons Involved In Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against New York Two women's prisons in Northern Westchester are involved in a civil lawsuit being filed against the state of New York alleging that several incidents of sexual assaults happened at the facilities.  The two prisons named in the lawsuit, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility and Taconic Correctional Facility, both located in Bedford, will be part of a series of civil actions alleging that at least 750 individuals were sexually assaulted while in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, according to an announcement by Slater Slater Schulman LLP from We…

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Former Prison Cook In Hudson Valley Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Inmate Former Prison Cook In Hudson Valley Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Inmate
Former Prison Cook In Hudson Valley Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Inmate A former prison cook will spend time behind bars after admitting to having sex with an inmate at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Northern Westchester. Garth Trail, 63, has been sentenced to “shock probation,” and will serve four months in jail followed by the remaining 10 years’ probation. He will also have to register as a sex offender after pleading guilty in November last year to criminal sexual act. Trail was a former head cook who was employed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision at the Bedford Hills facility, which is a medium-security prison …

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Former Corrections Officer At Women's Prison Sentenced For Sexual Contact Former Corrections Officer At Women's Prison Sentenced For Sexual Contact
Former Corrections Officer At Women's Prison Sentenced For Sexual Contact A former correction officer at a women’s prison in Westchester will spend time behind bars after pleading guilty to committing a sexual act trafficking contraband to inmates. Iran Colon, 32, an officer who was based at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills pleaded guilty late last year to promoting prison contraband and criminal sexual act, both felonies, after being arrested in his Staten Island home in May. On Tuesday, July 2, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced that Colon has been sentenced to a term of between one and three years in state p…

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by Zak Failla