Matthew Hamilton is reporting in the Times Union a new report from a prisoner advocacy group has leveled a number of abuse claims against staff at the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility. The abuse allegedly occurred in the wake of the escape of two men from the lock-up last June. Hamilton writes the Correctional Association of New York report describes an increase in abusive behavior by employees, excessive use of solitary confinement and rampant racism. The association recommends the prison be shut down along with Attica, another facility marred by allegations of abuse. Among the most common allegations: Retaliation for speaking out through the grievance process or to the media, officers interfering with individuals' food, and officers writing false disciplinary tickets. Pleas for officers to be required to wear body cameras and for more minority officers to be stationed at the prison in rural Clinton County also are common in the report. Read the full story in the Times Union.