UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — New York's governor says prison workers are being arrested today on murder charges in the death of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed.

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Brooks, 43, died the next day. Brooks died of a “massive beating” that broke a bone in his neck, ripped his thyroid cartilage and bruised several internal organs.

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Ten former prison guards have been indicted in the killing of Robert Brooks, a prisoner who was incarcerated at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Marcy, New York.

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Correction officers being charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks .Brooks was beaten inside Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec. 9 and died the next day at a ...

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — New York's governor says prison workers are being arrested today on murder charges in the death of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed.