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A federal judge has ruled that New York State Corrections Commissioner Daniel F. Martuscello III will remain a defendant in the civil rights lawsuit filed over the beating death of Robert L. Brooks Sr. at Marcy Correctional

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.

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 Mid-State Correctional inmate who died over the weekend has now been identified by authorities. Meanwhile, 11 employees at the correctional facility in Marcy have now been placed on leave as the death is investigated by the NYS Attorney General, NY State Police, and the New York State Department of Corrections.

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.

A Manhattan area Democratic Assemblyman observed conditions at Marcy Correctional Facility by staying overnight at the facility, got into a heated exchange with a sergeant and caused a dangerous situation according to union members for the Corrections Officers, NYSCOPBA.

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.

It was the quick thinking and fast action of correctional officers that helped save the lives of two separate inmates at Marcy Correctional Facility.

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

A Central New York community is deeply mourning the sudden loss of a respected member of the Marcy Correctional Facility.