Advocates rally in Harlem after 22-year-old man died at Mid-State Correctional Facility
Messiah Nantwi was serving a five-year sentence for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon following a shootout with ...
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Special Prosecutor speaks on investigation into inmate death at Mid-State Correctional Facility
Just over a week after six corrections officers were indicted for the death of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility, ...
With most New York prison guards ending strike, governor bars holdouts from state jobs
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has barred prison guards who were fired for illegally walking off the job from being hired for ...
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State prison crisis hits home with young Harlemite Messiah Nantwi’s death
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Blind spots persist in CNY prisons under slow moving, $600 million camera program
In 2022, a prison watchdog agency made a routine visit to Mid-State Correctional Facility in the Town of Marcy. The Correctional Association of New York, or CAN ...
Activists call for closure of upstate New York prison after inmate's death
Activists are calling for changes in New York state prisons as state police investigate the death of an inmate from Harlem.
New York State fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong ...
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Activists call for closure of upstate New York prison after inmate's death
Mid-State Correctional Facility inmate Messiah Nantwi dies Civil rights leaders and a state lawmaker are calling for Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy to be shut down after the death of ...
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State police launch probe into inmate death as prison system roiled by illegal guard strike
The agency said Monday it had launched a probe into the death of Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility. Police and corrections officials have declined to provide details, other than to ...