After three days of deliberation, a jury found one of three New York corrections officers guilty of second-degree murder in the 2024 death of Robert Brooks, an inmate who was violently beaten in a ...

The trial for the final former corrections officer charged in the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks is expected to begin today, with jury selection getting underway in Oneida County Court. Michael ...

UTICA, N.Y. — Three former upstate New York prison guards on trial in the fatal beating of a Black handcuffed inmate took part in an act of “sheer, unimaginable brutality,” a prosecutor told a jury ...

An independent review of New York State's prison system is calling for more accountability for staff members to prevent the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state. The reforms in the bill include more cameras in prisons, ...

Utica, N.Y. – Jurors in the murder trial of three prison guards accused of participating in the killing of Robert Brooks were shown photos on Friday of the severe injuries he suffered from a beating ...

A former New York State Department of Corrections officer has been found guilty and two others were acquitted in the killing of Robert Brooks, an inmate at an upstate prison. David Kingsley was found ...

Albany, NY (News10) — Today marks one year since Robert Brooks was fatally beaten by prison officers at Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica. A ceremony in Albany commemorated Brooks, where his ...