Marcy Correctional Facility

Robert Brooks Jr. speaks during a news conference as his lawyer Steve Schwarz, left and Jared Ricks, listen in Rochester, N.Y., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

Guards 'systematically and casually' beat New York inmate to death, lawsuit says

Associated Press

Forty-three-year-old Robert Brooks Sr. died last month after the beating at Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is seen in this screenshot of a video she released Jan. 2, 2025, about the investigation into the death of Robert Brooks, who was an inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility.

Onondaga County DA named special prosecutor to investigate death of inmate beaten by guards

Jeongyoon Han

The Attorney General’s Office, which was overseeing the investigation, said its lawyers are defending four of those officers over separate matters, posing a potential conflict of interest.

FILE - This image provided by the New York State Attorney General office shows bodycam footage of correction officers beating a handcuffed man, Robert Brooks, 43, at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, N.Y., on Dec. 9, 2024. (New York State Attorney General office via AP, File)

Oneida County prison where man died after being beaten by guards will get a new leader

Associated Press

An Oneida County prison where a handcuffed man died after being beaten by officers this month will get a new superintendent.

A screenshot from a body camera shows a corrections officers kicking a handcuffed inmate i the midsection as he sits on a table being held by other officers. The inmate, 43-year old Robert Brooks, died the next day.

New York correction officers pummeled handcuffed prisoner before death, footage shows

Associated Press

Newly released body-camera footage shows that a man fatally beaten in a New York prison this month was repeatedly pummeled by correction officers while in handcuffs.