Prison oversight package approved after two beating deaths spur change

State Legislative Leaders Pass Last-Minute Prison Oversight Package

Amid one of the most chaotic years for New York’s prison system in recent memory, the state legislature passed a limited omnibus prison reform bill Thursday night, hours before one of its chambers closed out its lawmaking for the year. The bill is the legislature’s response to the state prison agency’s mounting scandals. In December, body-worn cameras captured corrections officers taking turns beating a handcuffed incarcerated man named Robert B…

Prison oversight package approved after two beating deaths spur change

It comes more than six months after Robert L. Brooks died at Marcy Correctional Facility following a brutal beating from correction officers.