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Marcy Correctional Facility

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Marcy Correctional Facility
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Location9000 Old River Road
Marcy, New York
Statusopen
Security classmedium
Capacity1522
Opened1988[1]
Managed byNew York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
WebsiteOfficial website

Marcy Correctional Facility is a men's medium-security state prison in the town of Marcy, Oneida County, New York.[2][3] Constructed across the street from Mid-State Correctional Facility and the Central New York Psychiatric Center, it opened on December 29, 1988.[1]

Abuse of inmates

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Marcy was the subject of an October 2022 Correctional Association of New York oversight report released in 2023 that included a two-day monitoring visit and 117 interviews with inmates. Findings included poor food quality, a lack of hygienic goods, poor healthcare amenities due to staffing vacancies, racialized verbal and physical abuse against Black inmates, widespread violence against inmates by staff, and an unresponsive grievance process.[4]

On December 9, 2024, corrections officers allegedly fatally brutalized Robert Brooks while he was handcuffed in a medical examination room.[5] The killing of Brooks prompted renewed scrutiny and investigations over Marcy Correctional Facility's history of abuse by staff.[6] Some state lawmakers have suggested closing the facility.[7] On February 20, 2025, "nearly a dozen" of those were involved in the beating and death of Brooks, including a least six correctional officers, would be indicted by a grand jury and arrested on murder, manslaughter, gang assault and tampering with evidence charges.[8][9][10]

On March 1, 2025, prisoner Messiah Nantwi at the neighboring Mid-State Correctional Facility was beaten to death by corrections officers. Of the 15 officers initially named as persons of interest in the case, 5 were employed by Marcy and were working at Mid-State at the time.[11] Two of those Marcy employees, Craig Klemick and Thomas Eck, were charged with manslaughter charges.[12][13][11] Three of these five Marcy employees, Klemick, Eck and Nicholas Vitale, would also receive charges related to an effort to cover up details surrounding Nantwi's death.[13][11] All of the 15 correctional officers of interest who were employed by the Marcy and Mid-State Correctional facilities have been either placed on leave or suspended.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Marcy". DOCS Today. December 2001.
  2. ^ "Marcy Correctional Facility". Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Marcy town, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/3). Retrieved 2024-12-31. Marcy Corr Facility
  4. ^ "CANY Releases Report on Marcy Correctional Facility". Correctional Association of New York. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  5. ^ Haught, J. Staas. "Guards beat inmate to death; what we know about Marcy Correctional Facility incident". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  6. ^ Ventura, Juliann (2024-12-28). "FBI investigating killing of inmate after assault by correctional officers". The Hill. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  7. ^ Han, Jeongyoon (2025-01-24). "State lawmakers call for prison reform after death of inmate". WRVO Public Media. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
  8. ^ Madani, Doha; Reiss, Adam (2025-02-20). "Murder charges announced in death of Robert Brooks, man beaten by New York correctional officers". NBC News. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
  9. ^ Jones, Brendan J. (February 20, 2025). "Murder, manslaughter, gang assault charges in Robert Brooks beating death". Albany Times Union. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  10. ^ Anderson, Renee (February 20, 2025). "New York officers in beating of Robert Brooks Sr. indicted for murder by grand jury". CBS News New York. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  11. ^ a b c "DOCCS Names Correctional Staff as 'Persons of Interest' in Mid-State Facility Death Investigation". WKTV. March 26, 2025.
  12. ^ Hill, Michael; Collins, Dave (April 16, 2025). "NY prison guards beat an inmate to death then tried to cover it up, prosecutors say". Associated Press. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  13. ^ a b c "Multiple COs Indicted in Death of Mid-State Inmate Messiah Nantwi: Court Video, Indictment Document and Statements". WKTV. April 17, 2025. Retrieved April 17, 2025.

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