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D.C. Inmates 'Tortured,' Mothers Claim

One Accused Jail Guard Transferred, Council Told

By Karlyn Barker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 25, 2005; Page B03

A group of mothers said yesterday that their sons were "beaten and tortured" by guards at the D.C. jail during several incidents last month in which they alleged that inmates were sprayed with Mace, stripped, blasted with water hoses and dragged from their cells and attacked out of the view of security cameras. 

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