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.

"Let me begin by expressing my deepest sympathies the family of Robert Brooks, who was tragically and senselessly murdered at ...

The commissioner of the state's prison system testified in Albany on Thursday, and said the disturbance at Collins Correctional Facility was a symptom of critical understaffing.

Leaders of the union representing thousands of N.Y. correction officers issued a vote of "no confidence" this week for ...

While Robert Ricks said it was imperative for lawmakers to address “the level of evilness, that level of unaccountability ...

None of the prison officers appeared to know their body cameras would passively record a vicious beating that led to the death of Robert Brooks.

Zambito covers energy, transportation and economic growth for the USA Today Network’s New York State team. He recently ...

A former Marcy Correctional Facility inmate is suing the prison, a correction officers and several others for planting drugs on him.The one officer named in this suit admitted to doing the crime and ...

A feature built into the body cameras worn by Marcy prison guards allowed state corrections officials to retrieve footage hours after the incident.

Murdered, there’s no other way to describe it,” that’s what Governor Kathy Hochul said after watching the video of Robert ...

New York prison locked down as inmates overtake dorms. Officers have been pulled from those areas and emergency response ...

Eric Schneiderman is advising the father of Brooks, who was beaten to death in an upstate prison late last year.