11 placed on leave after New York prison inmate’s death, corrections department says
Eleven staff members have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into Saturday’s death of New York prison inmate Messiah Nantwi, the State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said in a release Monday.
Investigation underway after inmate’s death at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy
On Mar. 1, the New York State Department of Corrections informed the State Police about an inmate’s death at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy.
UPDATED: Death of Mid-State Inmate Under Investigation; Name Released
MARCY, N.Y. -- The death of an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility is under investigation. The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said the inmate was taken from the correctional facility to a local hospital Saturday morning and pronounced dead.
Inmate death at Mid-State Correctional Facility puts 11 staff members on leave
The death of 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi, an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility, has prompted an investigation by the Office of the NY AG and the NYSP.
Inmate death at Mid-State Correctional under investigation
New York State Police have identified 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi as the Mid-State Correctional Facility inmate who died over the weekend. Officials say he was pronounced dead at Wynn Hospital in Utica on March 1.
Attorney General's office recuses itself in death of Mid-State inmate
The state attorney general’s office has recused itself from the investigation of the beating of Messiah Nantwi, who died Saturday after a “use of force” by correction officers at at Mid-State Correctional Facility outside Utica.
New York AG's office recuses itself from investigation into Mid-State inmate's death
The New York Attorney General’s Office is recusing itself from the investigation into the death of Messiah Nantwi, citing conflict of interest.
AG’s office finds ‘probable cause’ as many as 9 guards caused or contributed to 2nd inmate’s death
There is probable cause to believe that as many as nine New York state corrections officers caused, or contributed to, the death Saturday of an inmate at a Central New York state prison, officials said Thursday.
NY State police probe death of Harlem man in upstate prison as correction officers strike continues
The State Police said Monday they have opened an investigation into the death of a man in an upstate prison following a ...
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Inmate's death at Oneida County facility sparks investigation; 11 staff placed on leave
The death of an inmate is under investigation at another Upstate New York facility. Authorities said 22-year-old Messiah ...
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Second Inmate Beaten To Death By Guards At Same NY Prison Where Robert Brooks Died: Report
Another inmate has died at the same New York State prison where guards were captured on video fatally beating an inmate last ...
Inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility dead; 11 employees suspended
A 22-year-old incarcerated individual at Mid-State Correctional Facility was pronounced dead on Saturday and 11 staff members ...
As strikes continue, state police investigate death of inmate at Mid-State Correctional
New York State Police identified the Mid-State Correctional Facility inmate who died over the weekend on Monday.
Inmate from Mid-State who died identified; 11 prison staff placed on leave
Across the street at Marcy Correctional Facility, several corrections officers beat inmate Robert L. Brooks to death late ...
"Messiah was beaten" Witness says Mid-State inmate brutally 'mashed' before death
In a new statement on Tuesday night, New York Department of Corrections Commissioner Thomas Martuscello III says thoughts and ...
Editorial: Another fatal beating
The death of Messiah Nantwi reveals that correction officers continue to ignore regulations on the use of body-worn cameras.