Dad of Robert Brooks, inmate beaten to death, goes to Albany to call for NY prison reforms
Brooks wasn’t able to join the “second-chance club,” as his father called it, after corrections officers violently beat him to death two months ago in a Central New York prison. On Thursday, Brooks' father, Robert Ricks, spoke at a joint state Assembly and Senate budget hearing held in the Legislative Office Building in Albany.
Father of Robert Brooks speaks about prison reform at State Legislature hearing
Robert Ricks, the father of Robert Brooks who died after corrections officers beat him at Marcy Correctional Facility, spoke at a joint hearing of the State Assembly and Senate.
Beating death of Marcy prison inmate Robert Brooks ruled a homicide
The death of Robert Brooks, a Black man brutally beaten by corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, was ruled a homicide in an autopsy report.
Death of Marcy inmate Robert Brooks ruled homicide
The death of Robert Brooks, the state prison inmate who was beaten by guards at Marcy Correctional Facility, has been ruled a homicide by a medical examiner. Charges remain unfiled against any of the 18 people that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has named in its review of the incident.
Father of Robert Brooks seeks justice and prison reform
While Robert Ricks said it was imperative for lawmakers to address “the level of evilness, that level of unaccountability that takes place inside the prison system" following his son's death, he was hesitant to call for the removal of the state’s prison commissioner,
Family of Robert Brooks speaks to lawmakers at the NYS Capitol building
The father of Robert Brooks Sr., the NYS inmate who was beaten to death on camera inside the Marcy Correctional Facility in December.
Robert Brooks' Father Calls For Justice
The father of Robert Brooks, who died after being beaten by Marcy Correctional Facility officers, was in Albany to call for justice.
Robert Brooks' death ruled a homicide by medical examiner, lawyer says
An attorney representing Robert Brooks' family says the Onondaga Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.
DOCCS Commissioner addresses death of Robert Brooks, questioned by lawmakers at Capital
"Let me begin by expressing my deepest sympathies the family of Robert Brooks, who was tragically and senselessly murdered at ...
Robert Brooks' death ruled a homicide, attorney says. What we know now
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New York governor calls for criminal charges in beating death of Robert Brooks after autopsy rules it a homicide
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Father of Robert Brooks speaks to lawmakers at the NYS Capitol building
The father of Robert Brooks Sr., the NYS inmate who was beaten to death on camera inside the Marcy Correctional Facility in ...
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