A former prison guard in Oneida County was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Friday for his involvement in the death of inmate and Greece native Robert Brooks.

A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison.

Utica, N.Y. — Four state corrections officers pleaded guilty Monday in a Utica courtroom in the fatal beating of an inmate last year at a Central New York prison. The corrections officers had been ...

A former New York state prison guard was found guilty of murder in the death of an inmate beaten while handcuffed, while two other guards were acquitted for their roles in the beating that was caught ...

A Muslim chaplain employed by the state prisons system fatally shot himself early Friday in the same facility where inmate Robert Brooks was beaten to death by correction officers in December 2024.

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — 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 ...

A New York prisoner accused corrections officers of assault and sexual abuse. State prison officials investigated and deemed his claims unfounded despite footage of the encounter. By Jay Root Jan ...