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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.
Fatal beating of shackled NY inmate Robert Brooks ruled a homicide
Robert Brooks, 43, was brutally beaten with his hands tied behind his back by corrections officers while in custody at Marcy Correction Facility on Dec. 9. At the time of the attack, he was serving a sentence for first-degree assault at the prison in Marcy. Brooks was pronounced dead Dec. 10 at a nearby hospital.
Family of Robert Brooks, beaten to death at upstate NY prison, files civil suit
The family of Robert Brooks, who was beaten to death last month at an upstate New York prison, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the 17 officers under investigation.
Robert Brooks was transferred to a Marcy prison for his safety. He died after guards beat him there
Corrections officer involved in the beating invokes the Fifth Amendment and refuses to answer questions, including that he worked as a guard.
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.
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.
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.

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Autopsy shows New York inmate who was beaten while handcuffed died by homicide, lawyer says
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said authorities should now move quickly and pursue criminal charges against those responsible for ...
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New York governor calls for criminal charges in beating death of Robert Brooks after autopsy rules it a homicide
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for criminal charges to be filed and arrests to be made after an autopsy report ...
How Marcy body cameras turned a secret assault into a reckoning at NY prisons
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.
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Guards "systemically and casually" beat Robert Brooks to death in New York prison, lawsuit claims
Brooks Jr. said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that his father's attackers "systematically and casually beat him to death" in a correctional system that tolerates violence. The lawsuit said the ...