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The Legislature did its job passing changes in the wake of two killings; the governor needs to act with speed to make them ...
It comes more than six months after Robert L. Brooks died at Marcy Correctional Facility following a brutal beating from correction officers, some of whom now face murder charges.
A former prison guard has pleaded guilty to submitting a false form in the beating death of an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility, according to our Utica NBC affiliate.
In a court order this week, Judge Daniel Lynch wrote that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ...
Anthony Farina is one of ten former staff members at Marcy Correctional Facility charged in connection with Brooks' death. He last appeared in court on May 13, when he rejected a plea deal and ...
ONEIDA COUNTY, NY (WRGB) — Four former correction officers appeared in court Thursday in connection with the death of Mid-State Correctional Facility inmate Messiah Nantwi. The officers, former ...
Robert Brooks Jr., whose father was killed at Marcy Correctional Facility, applauded the reforms as "encouraging" and said, "the rampant abuses that occur by correction officers when no one is ...
By Benjamin Oreskes Reporting from the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The close of New York State’s legislative session in June is typically a sprint to pass long-considered bills before lawmakers ...
Robert Brooks, an inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility in New York is seen bloodied as correctional officers detain him in prison on Dec. 9, 2024.
Utica, N.Y. — A third New York state corrections officer has pleaded guilty in connection with the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this year at a Central New York prison. The corrections officer, ...
10 people have been charged, including some with murder, in the brutal beating of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility. New York State Department of Corrections via the New York State ...