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NY Prison Guards Admit Beating Inmate, Conspiring To Hide Abuse NY Prison Guards Admit Beating Inmate, Conspiring To Hide Abuse
NY Prison Guards Admit Beating Inmate, Conspiring To Hide Abuse Three New York prison guards formally confessed to beating an inmate and then conspiring to hide the abuse from investigators. Brandon Montanari, 34; Rohail Kahk, 28; and Michael Williams, 38, each pleaded guilty to depriving an inmate of his rights in Syracuse federal court on Wednesday, April 23. The three men admitted to assaulting an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy in April 2023. They confessed to punching and kicking the man, causing bodily injury. Following the assault, all three agreed to lie about the attack during an internal investigation, prosecutors said. E…

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Prison Death: NY AG Recusing Herself From Investigation Into Alleged Beating Of Messiah Nantwi Prison Death: NY AG Recusing Herself From Investigation Into Alleged Beating Of Messiah Nantwi
Prison Death: NY AG Recusing Herself From Investigation Into Alleged Beating Of Messiah Nantwi New York Attorney General Letitia James has recused her office from investigating the alleged beating death of a 22-year-old inmate at the hands of state prison guards. James’ office filed a motion in Onondaga County Supreme Court requesting a special prosecutor in the death of Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, her office announced Thursday, March 6. The court granted the motion, appointing Onondaga County DA William Fitzpatrick as special prosecutor. James cited “internal conflicts,” given that her office represents state employees, including corrections officers…

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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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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