Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — David Kingsley, a former officer at Marcy Correctional Facility was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life for the death of inmate Robert Brooks. The case marks the first time a ...

UTICA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV)– Today, the jury heard from five witnesses and also viewed the brutal video of Robert Brooks’ death. You can look at NewsChannel 9’s live blog of today’s proceedings here.

One of six New York state prison guards indicted on murder charges in connection with the beating death of an inmate has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Christopher Walrath, 36, accepted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten former prison guards were indicted for the killing of Robert Brooks, a prisoner incarcerated at the Marcy Correctional ...

In the wake of the beatings, the New York State Department of Corrections hired the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale ...

Thomas Eck's appearance in Oneida County Court on Tuesday marks the end of a painful and tragic era in New York State ...

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. — A New York prison guard accused of failing to intervene as fellow officers beat an inmate to death pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Friday after jurors deliberating over a more ...

Utica, N.Y. — Robert Brooks Jr., the son of a man beaten to death in Marcy Correctional Facility, had a warning for a guard who was sentenced to prison Monday for participating in the beating. “You ...