A federal civil rights lawsuit filed on June 17 accused a group of New York State corrections officers of brutally beating Messiah Nantwi to death while he was incarcerated at Mid-State Correctional ...

DOCCS Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III and Mid-State Superintendent Bryan Hilton are included in a new federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York on ...

After calls for prison reform after the deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi, Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed an omnibus bill.

A new federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against the prison guards accused of brutally beating and killing 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi while he was incarcerated, arguing his constitutional rights ...

Prison reform advocates blasted last-minute changes made by the governor to a prison reform bill she signed into law last ...

Lawmakers intend to pursue new legislation next year targeted at New York's prisons and the people who live and work within ...

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A former upstate New York prison guard pleaded guilty Friday for his role in what prosecutors called a coverup of the beating death of inmate by fellow guards. Joshua Bartlett ...

With the changes agreed to with the legislature, the bill codifies the requirement that cameras be installed in all facilities and also requires cameras to be installed in all vehicles used for the ...

UTICA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — One of the correction officers indicted related to the beating death of an inmate at the Mid-State Correctional Facility has admitted to his role in the cover-up. Nicholas ...

The Legislature did its job passing changes in the wake of two killings; the governor needs to act with speed to make them law. A correction officer stomps on the genital area of Robert L. Brooks as ...

UTICA, N.Y. — Two Mid-State Corrections Officers are seeking additional time to consider a potential plea offer from the prosecution. David Ferrone and Francis Chandler appeared in Oneida County Court ...

The federal lawsuit noted Nantwi's death came amid a series of violent and deadly clashes between NY corrections officers and those incarcerated at prisons across the state. That pattern included high ...