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18-year-old COs, body camera mandate and more prison oversight in New York State Budget
New York's FY2026 budget is officially finished, and as the spending plan was taking shape over the past few weeks and months ...
NY to lower hiring age for prison guards to 18 amid shortage
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is set to lower the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18, seeking to boost the ...
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Prison Guard Pleads Guilty In Beating Death Of Inmate Robert Brooks
One of the six New York correctional officers who were indicted on murder charges in connection to the beating death of ...
The Root3d
Infuriating Case of Black Inmate's Beating Death by Officers Takes an Unexpected Turn in New Development
About ten New York state correctional officers implicated in the death of Robert Brooks, a Black inmate who was savagely ...
Minority Reporter5d
First Conviction in Death of Robert Brooks at Marcy Facility
A former corrections officer at Marcy Correctional Facility has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the 2024 death ...
Prison officials vow "meaningful changes" after Robert Brooks beating death
The New York State Department of Corrections says its "working to make meaningful changes to the State's prison system" following the beating death of ...
New York Police Officer Pleads Guilty in Beating Death of Prisoner Robert Brooks
In Utica, New York, a corrections officer has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal beating of 43-year-old Robert ...
The Press Democrat6d
Prison guard who helped beat cuffed New York inmate to death pleads guilty to manslaughter
A corrections officer has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal beating of a handcuffed inmate at an upstate New York ...
Gothamist6d
Officer pleads guilty to manslaughter in beating death of NY prisoner
One of the guards charged with murder in the deadly, caught-on-camera beating death of Robert Brooks at an upstate prison has ...