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.
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.
The union representing New York prison guards have released information on two recent incidents at Mohawk Correctional Facility, including one that involved an attack on a CO.