US Prison Guards Make Prisoners Fight For Food

Three US prison guards have been charged
after allegedly organising a wrestling
match between inmates in a storage closet,
among a series of cruel challenges one
prisoner labeled the “retard Olympics”. The three men are also accused of asking
inmates at York County Prison to drink a
gallon of milk in one hour – popularly known
to cause vomiting – or accept being sprayed
in the face with pepper foam, according to
Pennsylvania’s Patriot-News. The newspaper, citing state police, says
inmates at facility in York, an hour west of
Philadelphia, would be offered food and
coffee as rewards for completing the
challenges. The three guards – David Whitcomb, 28,
Mark Haynes, 26, and Daniel Graff, 37 –
have been criminally charged with official
oppression and have been placed on unpaid
administrative leave, the prison said. David Wright, an inmate who says he was
involved in one of the alleged wrestling
matches, told investigators Haynes and
Graff arranged for him to wrestle another
prisoner, James Hicks, in a closet. He said the rules of the match were that
there would be no punching to the face and
the winner would be whoever made the
other “tap out,” or give up. Hicks, who said the challenges were
consensual, also detailed other feats
allegedly encouraged by the guards:
snorting crushed up lollies, drinking a bottle
of water with pepper foam in it and eating
fruit with the peels still on them. “The actions alleged by Pennsylvania State
Police in this case run counter to the
professional behavior County and Prison
management expect and require of all
staff,” the York Country Prison said in a
statement. “Misconduct within any County agency is not tolerated.”