AP: Vicious, feared attack leaves Pa. inmate comatose
By Writer Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press
Sun Aug 29, 1:21 pm ET
SCRANTON, Pa. – If his diary and witness accounts are to be believed, Nicholas Pinto endured months of physical, sexual and mental abuse in prison. Guards roughed him up, made him stand naked in a cold cell for hours at a time, and taunted him relentlessly. A fellow inmate raped him night after night, beat him when he resisted, and stole his possessions.
And no one, he claimed, did a thing about it.