The final corrections officer to be sentenced in the beating death of Robert Brooks learned his fate on Wednesday.

A former prison guard was sentenced for his role in the death of a Greece man at a state correctional facility.

Editor’s note: This article updated with information about a second juror who raised concerns with the judge. Utica, N.Y. ― In a rare move, a juror asked to speak to a judge alone about his “issues” ...

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - A recent New York Times investigation claims Robert Brooks may not be the first inmate in New York’s prison system to have died at the hands of corrections officers, ...

After three days of deliberation, a jury found one of three New York corrections officers guilty of second-degree murder in the 2024 death of Robert Brooks, an inmate who was violently beaten in a ...

A former New York state prison guard was found guilty of murder in the death of an inmate beaten while handcuffed, while two other guards were acquitted for their roles in the beating that was caught ...

Robert Ricks thought prison would save his son. And, as Ricks remembers it, Robert Brooks seemed to be on the right path while serving a 12-year sentence. Brooks earned his GED, turned again to ...

Four Guards Plead Guilty in Brutal Beating Death of Black Inmate at New York Prison UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Four prison guards pleaded guilty Monday in the death of a Black inmate whose brutal beating at ...

UTICA, N.Y. — A New York prison guard accused of failing to intervene as fellow officers beat an inmate to death pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Friday after jurors deliberating over a more ...

The father of Robert Brooks, the incarcerated man beaten to death by former officers convicted of murder, is joining a push for funding in the budget to create a new state entity that would perform ...