GUEST COMMENTARY UPDATE: ROBERT BROOKS’ DEATH AND THE COST OF UNCHECKED VIOLENCE BEHIND PRISON WALLS
Robert Brooks was beaten to death by correctional officers in a New York prison, highlighting the need for structural change ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state.
Video footage of the inmate in handcuffs being punched and stomped by guards triggered widespread shock and calls for reform ...
A former prison guard in Oneida County was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Friday for his involvement in the death of ...
Four prison guards pleaded guilty Monday in the death of Robert Brooks, a Black inmate whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison was captured on bodycam videos. The pleas came two weeks ...
A former New York prison guard was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks.
Lawmakers intend to pursue new legislation next year targeted at New York’s prisons and the people who live and work within ...
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. It’s been 54 years since the infamous Attica prison ...
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Former Marcy correctional officer gets maximum sentence for murder of inmate Robert Brooks
A former Marcy correctional officer was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder and manslaughter of Greece native and ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Advocates for prison reform were in Albany on Tuesday, calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Omnibus Prison Reform Act into law. The bill would require correctional facilities to ...
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