Marcy Correctional officers indicted for Robert Brooks murder
The family of Robert Brooks, a 49-year-old man beaten to death by correctional officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking justice for his death and systemic changes in the prison system. At a press conference in Rochester, NY, Brooks’ family, joined by their legal team, shared emotional accounts of […]
Dozens of New York state lawmakers are expected to sign a letter demanding that governor Kathy Hochul close Marcy Correctional Facility permanently following the death of Robert Brooks at the hands of several prison staff.
Marcy Correctional Facility was reported to the New York State corrections board, the Inspector General, and the state attorney general in 2022 following an investigation for violent inmate abuse
Marcy Correctional Facility guards, who beat Robert Brooks to death, have been accused of beating inmates in years past.
The release of graphic body camera footage from the Marcy Correctional Facility has ignited outrage nationwide, exposing the brutal death of Robert Brooks, a 43-year-old incarcerated man. Brooks, who was serving a 12-year sentence for first-degree assault, was beaten to death on December 9, mere hours after being transferred to the state prison in Oneida […]
