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,
A 10th New York state prison guard was arraigned Monday on murder and other charges in the fatal beating of an inmate two months ago in a Central New York prison. The officer, Nicholas Kieffer, surrendered himself to the State Police and was in handcuffs in Oneida County Court in Utica.
"The beating and torture that led to Mr. Brooks’ death at Marcy Correctional Facility is disturbing and unconscionable."
Multiple corrections officers are facing murder and manslaughter charges in the fatal beating of inmate Robert Brooks at a New York prison, Gov. Kathy Hochul confirmed.Hochul called the brutal beating,
The arraignments concluded about 3:20 p.m. This story has been updated with the names of the people who have been charged and their top charge. Utica, N.Y. — Nine New York state prison guards were arraigned Thursday on murder and other charges in the fatal beating of an inmate two months ago in a Central New York prison.
Guards were caught on video repeatedly punching and kicking the inmate as other workers watched. He died hours later at a hospital.
Robert Brooks Jr. claimed in a federal lawsuit filed in January that his father’s attackers “systematically and casually beat him to death” and that the prison system tolerates violence.
At least six additional people could face charges in the fatal beating of an inmate two months ago in a Central New York prison, prosecutors said. Three of the people have entered into plea agreements with Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick,
New York’s governor says prison workers are being arrested today on murder charges in the death of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed. The beating of 43-year-old Robert Brooks
Six New York prison guards have been indicted for second-degree murder in the beating death of an inmate who was handcuffed, while four corrections workers were charged with lesser crimes.
The New York State Department of Corrections reports that an inmate was rushed to the hospital on Saturday morning and was pronounced dead.
Robert Brooks, were charged with various crimes Thursday, including second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges, in an upstate New York courtroom. But nearly all of them were given bail and allowed to go home.
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