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Prison Killing: Guards Smashed Messiah Nantwi's Face, Made Cellmate Clean Up Blood, Report Says Prison Killing: Guards Smashed Messiah Nantwi's Face, Made Cellmate Clean Up Blood, Report Says
Prison Killing: Guards Smashed Messiah Nantwi's Face, Made Cellmate Clean Up Blood, Report Says Shocking new details paint a horrific scene in the alleged beating death of a 22-year-old man at the hands of New York State prison guards. Messiah Nantwi, 22, died at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy on Saturday, March 1, a spokesperson for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) told Daily Voice. While an official cause of death had not been released as of Wednesday, March 5, an inmate at the facility told Albany station WRGB that Nantwi was severely beaten by CERT (Correctional Emergency Response Team). “There was a sergeant there who turned his back so t…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Second Inmate Beaten To Death By Guards Near NY Prison Where Robert Brooks Died: Report Second Inmate Beaten To Death By Guards Near NY Prison Where Robert Brooks Died: Report
Second Inmate Beaten To Death By Guards Near NY Prison Where Robert Brooks Died: Report A second inmate has died near the same New York State prison where guards were captured on video fatally beating an inmate last year. Messiah Nantwi, 22, died at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy on Saturday, March 1, a spokesperson for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) told Daily Voice. Additional details about his death were not released, but nine inmates at the facility told The New York Times that Nantwi was brutally beaten by corrections officers. Thomas Mailey, a prisons spokesman, declined to comment on the New York Times allegations in a st…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Officers Charged With Murder In Beating Death Of Robert Brooks At NY Prison Officers Charged With Murder In Beating Death Of Robert Brooks At NY Prison
Officers Charged With Murder In Beating Death Of Robert Brooks At NY Prison Six former corrections officers are facing murder and manslaughter charges in the fatal beating of inmate Robert Brooks at a New York prison. An indictment unsealed in Oneida County on Thursday, Feb. 20, charges the following ex-prison guards with second-degree murder in Brooks' death at the Marcy Correctional Facility in December 2024: Nicholas Anazalone Anthony Farina Mathew Galliher Christopher Walrath David Kingsley An unnamed sixth defendant  All six defendants are also charged with first-degree manslaughter and gang assault, Albany NBC affiliate WNYT reports. Additionally,…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Kills Fellow Inmate At Prison In Westchester, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later Man Kills Fellow Inmate At Prison In Westchester, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later
Man Kills Fellow Inmate At Prison In Westchester, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later Nearly 30 years after fatally stabbing a fellow inmate at a Northern Westchester prison because he wore a cross, a 54-year-old New York man learned he will spend decades in prison for the killing.  Albany resident Allah-Son-Allah was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for his killing of 32-year-old Michael Jones on Christmas Eve 1995 while they were both incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 10.  According to the DA's Office, at around 8 p.m. on Dec. 24, 1995, Allah-Son-All…

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by Ben Crnic
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One Killed, Another Injured After Fight Breaks Out At Correctional Facility In Hudson Valley One Killed, Another Injured After Fight Breaks Out At Correctional Facility In Hudson Valley
One Killed, Another Injured After Fight Breaks Out At Correctional Facility In Hudson Valley One person was killed and another injured after a fight broke out at a correctional facility in the Hudson Valley. The incident between incarcerated individuals in Dutchess County happened on Tuesday, June 28 at the Green Haven Facility in Stormville, New York State Police said. The identity of the person killed is being withheld pending family notifications. This investigation remains ongoing and new information will be released as it becomes available, state police said. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Joe Lombardi
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Westchester Jail Inmate Sentenced For Assaulting 18-Year-Old Inmate Who Died Westchester Jail Inmate Sentenced For Assaulting 18-Year-Old Inmate Who Died
Westchester Jail Inmate Sentenced For Assaulting 18-Year-Old Inmate Who Died A 21-year-old man who was serving time at the Westchester County Jail will spend the better part of a decade in prison after assaulting a teenage inmate who later died. William Johnson, of Yonkers, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty in October last year to second-degree assault for his role in the death of 18-year-old Bryce Neville in the jail. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. said that on Thursday, Jan. 30, while inside the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla, Johnson punched Neville in the side of the head, causing him to fall to th…

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by Zak Failla