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Former New York prison guard pleads guilty in connection with inmate's beating death
A former correction officer has pleaded guilty for his role in what prosecutors call a coverup of the beating death of an ...
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Why was Robert Brooks in jail in New York?
The news reports about and video of the New York prison treatment of Robert Brooks ... by white corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, have shaken the community in some ways.
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5 More COs Appear in Court Related to Marcy Correctional Facility Inmate’s Beating Death
UTICA, N.Y. -- Five more corrections officers appeared in Oneida County Court on Wednesday to discuss plea offers related to the beating death of Robert Brooks, an inmate at Marcy Correctional ...
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Feds to probe beating of Buffalo killer at Elmira Correctional Facility
the Dec. 9 beating death of Robert Brooks, 43, in Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County; and the March 1 death of Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy. Onondaga County ...
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Heavily redacted report raises questions on inmate deaths at Elmira Correctional Facility
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WBNG ... same day as another inmate at Elmira Correctional Facility may be leaving more questions than answers. According to DOCCS, Robert Fisher, 34, died overnight on Oct ...
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DOCCS responds to NewsChannel 13’s Freedom of Information request on child murderer who died in prison
NewsChannel 13 has an update to the investigation into the cause of death for convicted child rapist and murderer Robert Fisher ... after he entered Elmira Correctional Facility to serve a ...
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Heavily redacted report on child murderer prison death leaves more questions than answers
Robert Fisher, 34, was sentenced to 20 years ... just before 2:00 AM on October 22nd at the Elmira Correctional Facility. Requests for an autopsy report were denied by the Chemung County Health ...
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Cause of death for convicted child murderer that died in prison still unknown five months later
Fisher had just begun serving ... Community Supervision regarding the death of Robert Fisher, an incarcerated individual at Elmira Correctional Facility.” NewsChannel 13 has learned the cause ...
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Hochul retreats on lifetime peace officer ban for striking officers
Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol said two weeks ago ... who began strikes five days later at Collins state prison and Elmira Correctional Facility in Chemung County. Within 24 hours, the ...
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Buffalo killer's complaint of brutality at center of probe as state prison conditions remain in focus
ALBANY – Prosecutors in Schuyler County are investigating a 2023 incident at Elmira Correctional ... and subsequent death of Robert Brooks, 43, in Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County.
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NY declares prison strike over and will fire 2K correction officers
That incident became a tipping point for correction officers, who began strikes five days later at Collins state prison and Elmira Correctional Facility ... prisons,” Sen. Robert Ortt, the ...
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Elmira Correctional Facility
Rensselaer County resident Robert Fisher, age 34, of Rensselaer, died around 1:150 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Elmira Correctional Facility in Chemung County, said Thomas Mailey of the State ...