10 guards charged over the fatal beating of a New York inmate, including 2 with murder

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https://apnews.com/article/new-york-prison-guards-inmate-death-5ec50359f3168e7115028c26784fc0af

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Ten New York prison guards were charged Wednesday in connection with the fatal beating of a 22-year-old inmate last month — including two charged with murder. It’s the second time a group of correctional officers in the state was indicted for a death behind bars this year.

The indictment says several guards severely beat Messiah Nantwi, a prisoner at the Mid-State Correctional Facility, who was hospitalized died on March 1 “due to massive head trauma and numerous other injuries to his body.” Three guards are also accused of orchestrating an effort to falsely claim that Nantwi had a makeshift knife in his room.

Nantwi’s death came several months after Robert Brooks was fatally beaten at the Marcy Correctional Facility, just across the street from the Mid-State prison. Six guards have pleaded not guilty to murder charges in Brooks’ death and other prison employees have also been charged.

The Utica-area facility was one of many state prisons that was struggling to function during a three-week wildcat strike by guards. Correctional officers who were upset over working conditions began illegally walking off the job Feb. 17 at many state prisons, forcing the governor to send National Guard troops in to maintain operations. Incarcerated people and their advocates complained that services and conditions deteriorated during the walkout.

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[Midnight Writer]

2. This is why Trump wants to send people to El Salvador prisons.

So they can beat, abuse, rape, starve and enslave people without worrying about consequences.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. I can assure you that the ones who face "consequences" in the U.S. are in the minority.