Death of Marcy inmate Robert Brooks ruled homicide
The death of Robert Brooks, the state prison inmate who was beaten by guards at Marcy Correctional Facility, has been ruled a ...
Autopsy shows New York inmate who was beaten while handcuffed died by homicide, lawyer says
A handcuffed inmate whose fatal beating by correctional officers last year sparked outrage died by homicide, according to ...
Every cop should have body camera feature that captured inmate’s beating (Editorial Board Opinion)
Onondaga County's three largest police agencies don't use video recall, which records automatically even when the body camera ...
Protesters call for murder charges in fatal beating of Robert Brooks at Central NY prison
Multiple corrections officers violently beat Brooks on Dec. 9 in the infirmary at Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, repeatedly punching and kicking him in the groin, abdomen, face and back ...
N.Y. prison locked down as inmates take over dorms
New York prison locked down as inmates overtake dorms. Officers have been pulled from those areas and emergency response ...
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Rome man arrested after burglary investigation
According to Oneida County Sheriff, Robert M. Maciol, deputies arrested a Rome man on Saturday, Feb. 8 following a burglary ...
New York corrections commissioner gets vote of 'no confidence'
Leaders of the union representing thousands of N.Y. correction officers issued a vote of "no confidence" this week for ...
N.Y. chief judge pushes for giving inmates a second chance in annual address, says system ‘isn’t working’
New York’s prisons are teeming with aging inmates at increasing costs to the taxpayer, and people are no safer from crime, ...
New York governor calls for criminal charges in beating death of Robert Brooks after autopsy rules it a homicide
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for criminal charges to be filed and arrests to be made after an autopsy report ...
NY Chief Judge Targets 'Over-Incarceration,' Endorses Bill to Allow Review of Lengthy Sentences
New York Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, at his State of the Judiciary address, shared the podium with the head of corrections and ...
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Behind the hidden feature 'providing pretty important evidence' in Marcy prison beating
A feature built into the body cameras worn by Marcy prison guards allowed state corrections officials to retrieve footage hours after the incident.
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Autopsy shows inmate who was beaten while handcuffed died by homicide, lawyer says
Brooks, 43, was serving a 12-year sentence for first-degree assault when he was transferred to Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, roughly 240 miles north of New York City, on Dec. 9 ...