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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 law.
It comes more than six months after Robert L. Brooks died at Marcy Correctional Facility following a brutal beating from correction officers.
Nicholas Vitale II, 33, of Holland Patent, pleaded guilty before Oneida County Court Judge Michael R. Nolan Tuesday morning, ...
The officers, former Marcy Correctional officer Thomas Eck and former Mid-State officers David Ferrone, Michael Iffert, and Donald Slawson, faced a variety of charges related to the incident.
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.
A total of 21 workers at Marcy and Mid-State correctional facilities face charges of murder, manslaughter and other offenses in the deaths of 43-year-old Robert Brooks and 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi.
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 ...
A total of 21 workers at Marcy and Mid-State correctional facilities face charges of murder, manslaughter and other offenses in the deaths of 43-year-old Robert Brooks and 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi.
In a court order this week, Judge Daniel Lynch wrote that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ...
After two fatal beatings, one at the Marcy Correctional Facility and a second at Mid-State Correctional Facility, New York's prison system needs scrutiny and action.
In December, days before legislators returned to work in Albany, footage surfaced of corrections officers fatally beating a handcuffed prisoner, Robert Brooks, at Marcy Correctional Facility near ...