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Processed, charged -- >> right. >> what's the point? >> the point is that david sweat and richard matt committed a crime in clinton county. they committed a crime of escape in the first degree and it's my job as the prosecutor in this county to prosecute the people that commit crimes within this county, and that is the bottom line. he committed a crime here in this county, and i am prosecuting him for that crime. >> you said -- >> could he get further punishment behind bars, extra solitary confinement? >> the status of a new conviction for escape in the first degree, promoting prison contraban...

Inmates we spoke to. certainly, you have to take into account, the roommates making allegations. it's very difficult to get confirmation of a lot of things. very difficult to have communication with the department of corrections with various correctional officials at clinton prison. that being said, the allegations are very similar to one another, made from inmates in very different parts of the prison. some on the honor block. some of them in different parts of the prison on different wing who is worked with matt and sweat. so you have to take a look at that. >> i should point out, there is a...

>> please continue. >> and in other complaints were similar to what mike just mentioned to you in terms of being beaten. one individual said they took a plastic bag and tied it around his throat in an attempt to suffocate him. so those are the types of complaints we have been seeing. >> let me jump in. this is what clinton correctional facility, how they responded to your piece. they said the complaints have been referred to the state nft to general. any finding of misconduct will be punished to the full extent of the law. i had a question for you michael on the honor block where these two liv...

Said you know what waterboarding is?" that was from from patrick alexander kept in the honor block. he goes on to blame a plastic black was placed over his head until he suffocated. this attributed to the "new york times," cnn is working to independently verify these claims. very serious allegations. >> it as hard to do that independent verification. you can't just walk into a prison and interview different inmates to get their stories. but the "times" reporter said his interview spanned geographically large vast areas of the prison and the stories from people who ostensibly were on lockdown w...

He's an inmate on the honor block alongside sweat and matt. >> is it noos possible these prisoners are exaggerating or even lying? >> very good question, carol. however, the reporter behind the "new york times" piece says he saw some physical evidence of injuries on these inmates. because of the separation between them and consistency of their stories, he says they are credible reports. >> we saw some evidence of the injuries to some of the inmates we spoke to. certainly you have to take into account that these are inmates making these allegations. and it's been very difficult for us to get in...