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☆ This place is ‘run by a mob’: Inside the prison where Robert Brooks was beaten to death
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-01 | by ( Caroll Alvarado | Chelsea Bailey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

But inside Marcy Correctional Facility, the news of Robert Brooks’ death – while undeniably tragic – did not come as a complete shock, one inmate told CNN. “This Marcy Correctional Facility is run by a mob,” he said. Brooks familySince Brooks’ death, New York Gov. “Body-worn cameras were deployed to Marcy Correctional Facility in May 2024. Bauer’s attorney, Katherine Rosenfeld, told CNN he was later taken to the same infirmary where Brooks was beaten to death.

Persons: Robert Brooks ’, Frederick Williams, Williams, he’s, Brooks ’, “, ”, Robert Brooks, Brooks, Kathy Hochul, Jennifer Scaife, –, we’ve, Marcy, CANY, “ Marcy, we’re, Nathaniel Brooks, Scaife, ” CANY, Lonnie Hamilton, Adam Bauer, Bauer, Katherine Rosenfeld, ” Adam Bauer, Emery Celli, Rosenfeld, Hochul Organizations: CNN, state’s Department of Corrections, Community, New York Gov, Marcy, Correctional Association of New, The New York Times, Special Investigations, Department of Corrections, Bauer, Legal Services, CANY Locations: New York, Marcy, Correctional Association of New York, New, Oneida County, Syracuse, “

☆ Judge finds New York City in contempt over jail conditions, moves closer to a federal takeover
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

A judge on Wednesday found New York City in contempt for failing to staunch violence and brutality at its jails, a scathing ruling that puts the troubled Rikers Island jail complex on the verge of a federal takeover. It would not involve a takeover by the Justice Department, nor would the city’s jails become part of the federal Bureau of Prisons. Nineteen people died in custody at Rikers Island in 2022. There has been “no substantial reduction in the risk of harm currently facing those who live and work in the Rikers Island jails,” the judge wrote. Under a plan approved by the city council in 2019, New York City is legally required to shutter Rikers Island and replace it with four smaller and more modern jails by 2027.

Persons: Laura Taylor Swain, leadership’s, Swain, Eric Adams, ” Swain, Jan, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady, Maazel, ”, “, Benny Boscio, Adams Organizations: New, ”, Justice Department, of Prisons, Legal Aid Society, city’s Department of Correction, Democrat Locations: New York City, Manhattan, East, Rikers

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