Syracuse, N.Y — The arraignments of at least nine prison employees to be charged in the death of inmate Robert Brooks have been postponed to Thursday afternoon. The Onondaga County District ...

Six prison workers in New York were indicted on murder charges Thursday in connection with the death of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed. Robert Brooks, a 43-year-old Black man ...

Brooks' death was ruled a homicide, with the cause determined to be compression of the neck and multiple blunt impact injuries. Nicholas Kieffer appeared before a judge, officially indicted on ...

UTICA, N.Y. — Nine former correction officers have been charged in connection with the death of Robert Brooks, whose death was ruled a homicide due to compression of the neck and multiple blunt ...

Some prisoners’ rights advocates accused the striking officers of trying to distract attention from their colleagues’ role in Mr. Brooks’s death. The Legal Aid Society called the strikes a ...

According to the Onondoga County Medical Examiner, Brooks died of a "massive beating," suffering from external and internal injuries that lead to his death. "His internal organs were bruised.

He is one of 10 current and former correction officers facing criminal charges in the Dec. 9 beating death of Robert L. Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility. Correction Officer Christopher ...

Murder charges have been announced in the death of Robert Brooks, a 43-year-old inmate who was beaten by guards at an upstate New York prison in December. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the charges ...

Ten New York corrections employees have been indicted by a grand jury for the death of inmate Robert Brooks Sr. at Marcy Correctional Facility upstate. Brooks, 43, died the day after he was ...