Surveillance footage from Highland Residential Center, a juvenile prison in upstate Ulster County, shows a 2014 altercation involving staff and residents. During that incident, youth aide William Spencer warned a teenage resident not to interfere, words were exchanged and Spencer lunged towards the teen, grabbing him by the neck and strangling him.


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