Robert Brooks Jr., Brooks’s son, said those involved robbed him and his family the chance to reunite with each other. “We’ll not allow his death to be in vain,” Brooks Jr. said.

Robert Brooks Jr. speaks at a press conference following the indictment of one Sargent and 8 New York State corrections officers for the murder of his father at the Marcy correctional facility, at ...

Robert Brooks, a 43-year-old Black man, died in the early hours of December 10 after he was beaten by multiple correctional officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, an all-male state prison about ...

Robert Brooks, an inmate who was transferred to Marcy Corrections Facility in early December, was brutally beaten with his hands cuffed behind his back by corrections officers while in custody.

Brooks' family reacts. In a statement released by the family, Robert Brooks Jr., reacted to Walrath's guilty plea in his father's case. “Now, Mr. Walrath’s life is in the hands of prison ...

Robert Brooks Jr. has been actively meeting with reform groups and lawmakers to push for changes in the prison system. Following Brooks' death, the family was left to navigate the unthinkable.

When Robert Brooks pleaded guilty to stabbing his former girlfriend upstate in 2016, he got a 12-year sentence, but instead he received what amounted to the death penalty, dying following a savage ...

Robert Ricks, father of Robert Brooks, speaking at press conference on May 14 before joint Senate hearing. In the background (from left) are CCA Organizer Ismael Diaz Jr. holding photo of Robert ...

The former corrections officer, Christopher Walrath, is one of 10 charged in the brutal beating of Robert Brooks in Marcy, N.Y. He will be sentenced to 15 years in prison.