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CO acquitted in Robert Brooks case suing New York State for $5M

One of the COs acquitted in the death of Robert Brooks is suing New York State for $5 million, claiming public defamation, ...

Acquitted Marcy guard files lawsuit against New York State

One of the corrections officers acquitted in the Robert Brooks trial is now suing the state for several charges, including ...

Acquitted corrections officer in Robert Brooks case sues NY for $5 million for malicious prosecution

Utica, N.Y. — One of the former New York state corrections officers found not guilty last fall in the brutal killing of an ...

‘I’m a human rights violator’: What workers at an Upstate NY youth prison are saying about their own jobs

Workers describe youth who are locked in cells for 23 hours daily without bathrooms, while staff work mandatory 24-hour ...
The Oakland Press

Mamdani appoints a formerly incarcerated criminal justice reformer to run NYC jails

Mamdani entrusted Stanley Richards, who was formerly incarcerated and executive vice president at The Fortune Society, with ...
THE CITY on MSN

NYC’s Investigation Into Rikers ‘Deadlocking’ Drags on for More than 450 Days

In October 2024, a Rikers Island social worker came forward with a bombshell accusation: officers were routinely isolating ...