Residents said promises were made, and money came in — yet when it was time for the CHA to do the work, nothing happened.

Robert Brooks Jr., Brooks’s son, said those involved robbed him and his family the chance to reunite with each other. “We’ll not allow his death to be in vain,” Brooks Jr. said.

The death of Robert Brooks, a man from Greece who died after being fatally beaten by corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec. 9, has been ruled a homicide, according to the ...

Robert Brooks, a 43-year-old Black man, died in the early hours of December 10 after he was beaten by multiple correctional officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, an all-male state prison about ...

Brooks' family reacts. In a statement released by the family, Robert Brooks Jr., reacted to Walrath's guilty plea in his father's case. “Now, Mr. Walrath’s life is in the hands of prison ...

Henrietta, N.Y. — Robert Brooks Jr. had dreamed of what he would do once his father got out of prison. The two could talk and spend time together without corrections officers getting in the way.

Brooks’ son, Robert Brooks Jr., said Walrath will soon know what it’s like to be on the other side of the prison system – as an inmate, subject to the guards’ orders.

The former corrections officer, Christopher Walrath, is one of 10 charged in the brutal beating of Robert Brooks in Marcy, N.Y. He will be sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Robert Brooks Jr. has been actively meeting with reform groups and lawmakers to push for changes in the prison system. Following Brooks' death, the family was left to navigate the unthinkable.

A New York correction officer pleaded guilty Monday in the beating death of Robert Brooks. Brooks was beaten by officers at Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec. 9, 2024 while his hands were cuffed ...

Former corrections officers charged in the death of inmate Robert Brooks have now asked for more time to consider their plea offers. The three individuals, Nicholas Kieffer, Nicholas Anzalone, and ...

Brooks’ son, Robert Brooks Jr., said Walrath will soon know what it’s like to be on the other side of the prison system – as an inmate, subject to the guards’ orders.