Gov. Hochul visits Marcy Correctional Facility following release of Brooks bodycam footage Police said they launched the operation when they detected two suspicious speedboats in the area.

Governor Kathy Hochul was in Marcy on Friday, demanding answers after the death of Robert Brooks last week. Governor Kathy Hochul at Marcy Correctional Facility Friday. Courtesy: the governor’s office.

Hochul demands answers at Marcy Correctional Facility, announces sweeping reforms following death of Robert Brooks New York State

A report from 2022 by the Corrections Association of New York recommended that the Office of Special Investigations and Inspector General investigate the widespread claims of abuse at Marcy Correctional Facility.

A video released on Friday has shocked the nation, and now New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is visiting the Marcy Correctional Facility, where the beating of inmate Robert Brooks was

New York Governor Kathy Hochul visited Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica Monday. The facility under is national scrutiny after an inmate died December 10 th, a day after being beaten there. Hochul says she demanded answers from the facility’s interim leadership about the death of 43-year-old Robert Brooks.

Governor Kathy Hochul visited Marcy Correctional Facility and made sweeping changes to the facility's leadership.

Hochul also announced immediate corrective measures. She already ordered a comprehensive investigation into Brooks's death and instructed New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello to initiate the termination process for the 14 individuals involved in the fatal incident.

Following an in-person visit to the Marcy Correctional Facility on Monday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a series of new orders and expenditures to improve accountability, both