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Family seeks accountability after inmate beaten to death at Marcy; DOCS outlines reforms and cameras plan
Summary
The family of Robert Brooks demanded immediate accountability after a video surfaced showing correctional staff beating Brooks to death inside Marcy Correctional Facility.
The family of Robert Brooks demanded immediate accountability after a video surfaced showing correctional staff beating Brooks to death inside Marcy Correctional Facility.
"The actions of those staff members were repugnant and do not represent our values as an agency," Commissioner Daniel Martisello said, announcing he had ordered internal investigations and made criminal referrals to outside prosecutorial authorities.
The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCS) described a series of reforms it said were already underway. Those include termination of involved staff, expansion of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) with new investigators and a public integrity unit, and a statewide…
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