A New York grand jury indicted officers involved in the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks Sr. at Marcy Correctional Facility for second degree murder.
New York State Police say they’re investigating the Saturday death of an inmate who was housed at an upstate medium security prison – reports of which Gov. Kathy Hochul called “deeply troubling” on Monday.
Nearly a dozen staff members are on administrative leave and state officials are investigating after an inmate at a New York medium-security prison died over the weekend, prison officials told USA TODAY Monday.
Another inmate has died at the same New York State prison where guards were captured on video fatally beating an inmate last year.Messiah Nantwi, 22, died at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy on Saturday,
Ten New York prison guards have been indicted in connection to the killing of inmate Robert Brooks — whose brutal, fatal beating was caught on a stomach-churning body-worn camera video. Six correction officers have been charged with second-degree murder ...
Murder charges have been announced in the death of Robert Brooks, a 43-year-old inmate who was beaten by guards at an upstate New York prison in December.