As Dust Begins to Settle on Prison Chaos, Reformers Hold Somber Hearing

As dust begins to settle on prison chaos, reformers hold somber hearing

ALBANY — “I hate coming here,” Robert Ricks said.

As Dust Begins to Settle on Prison Chaos, Reformers Hold Somber…

“I hate coming here,” Robert Ricks said. Ricks sat at the focal point of a hearing room in the New York state legislative office building. He’d traveled to Albany last Wednesday to testify for a second time about his son, Robert Brooks, whom prison guards beat to death in December at the Central New York prison where he was incarcerated. Video of the gruesome killing sparked nationwide outcry and calls to reform New York’s state prison system. P…