Robert Brooks

An Oneida County Jury has found one Marcy Correctional Officer guilty of murder, and two others have been acquitted in the beating death of inmate Robert L. Brooks.

Two Mid-State Corrections Officers have been charged with second-degree-murder and eight additional staff members face related charges in the beating death of an inmate on March 1, following the unsealing of an 11-count Grand Jury indictment in Oneida County Court on Wednesday.

New York will begin releasing certain incarcerated individuals early as part of a new initiative by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to address ongoing staffing shortages in state prisons.

Ten New York State correction officers indicted in the fatal beating of inmate Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility have been offered plea agreements, according to prosecutors.

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has released its Legal Visit Reopening Plan, effective March 17.

A sixth Marcy corrections officer has been charged with murder in the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks back on December 9, 2024. That brings the total of employees at Marcy charged in the incident to ten.

As New York State grapples with an ongoing correctional officers’ work stoppage, the situation inside state prisons has escalated into a humanitarian crisis.

An Oneida County Court in Utica was packed with emotional family and community members on Thursday as 10 corrections officers at the Marcy State Correctional Facility answered to charges in the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks back in December.

New York State Police have revealed why local prisons went on lockdown on Tuesday, January 7.

Local lawmakers have expressed their disappointment over a "distraction" from New York Governor Kathy Hochul.