NY prison guards beat an inmate to death then tried to cover it up, prosecutors say

Rome and Marcy community react to charges of correction officers

ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) -- In a matter of a few months, the town of Marcy and part of Oneida County were thrust into the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons. For those in the community, it is a mixed bag of emotions after watching 10 correction officers get charged for their alleged roles in the death of an inmate at the Mid-State Correctional Facility. "There's a lot that goes behind the scenes that everybody hasn't gotten," Kell…

10 New York Prison Guards Charged in Connection With Fatal Beating of Inmate

UTICA, N.Y.—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. Messiah Nantwi, a prisoner at the Mid-State Correctional Facility, died March 1 from injuries he sustained in a series of beatings by guards that began in his room a…

From breakfast meeting at diner to planting weapon, prosecutor accuses Mid-State officers of failed attempt to cover up violent attack on inmate

NY Prison Guards Beat an Inmate to Death Then Tried to Cover It up, Prosecutors Say

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.

NY prison guards beat an inmate to death then tried to cover it up, prosecutors say

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. Messiah Nantwi, a prisoner at the Mid-State Correctional Facility, died March 1 from injuries he sustained in a series of beatings by guards that began in h…

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

The indictment says several guards severely beat Messiah Nantwi, a prisoner at the Mid-State Correctional Facility, who was hospitalized and died on March 1 “due to massive head trauma and numerous other injuries to his body.”