James recused the Office of Special Investigation from the case due to a potential conflict of interest she said could have caused justice to be "delayed or denied" to the family of the victim.

• Robert Brooks, a Black inmate, was fatally beaten by 14 correctional officers at Marcy Correctional Facility on December 9, 2024. • Body camera footage shows officers punching, kicking, and choking ...

Rochester, N.Y. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday in a video statement that her office is recusing ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — The chair of the state Senate committee that oversees New York State’s sprawling prison system has called for the closure of the Utica-area facility where guards brutally assaulted an ...

Family demands answers after Five Points inmate dies, alleges years of abuse and ignored pleas for protection Romulus ...

State Sen. Julia Salazar is urging the closure of Marcy Correctional Facility following the brutal assault and subsequent ...

The Correctional Association of New York regularly visits and examines state correctional facilities, reporting on prison ...

The body camera footage of the beating of Robert Brooks offered an unflinching window into the brutality at Marcy ...

Officials are investigating the death of Robert Brooks, an inmate who died after he was pummeled by corrections officers in ...

Inside Marcy Correctional Facility, the news of Robert Brooks’ death – while undeniably tragic – did not come as a complete ...

Hochul orders DOCCS to expedite use of body cameras in wake of the alleged fatal beating of Robert L. Brooks at Marcy ...

Body camera footage documenting the fatal beating of Robert Brooks at the hands of New York state correctional officers has ...