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New York State’s maximum-security Greenhaven Correctional Facility was originally built to hold German prisoners of war, show here in 2015. Photo credit: JB Nicholas.

'MURDER SHOULD BE THE CHARGE': ROBERT BROOKS FATHER DEMANDS, KILLER GUARDS INDICTED
RICHARD RICKS SPEAKS OUT AS NEWS BREAKS GUARDS WHO KILLED HIS SON CHARGED IN SECRET INDICTMENT TO BE UNVEILED TUESDAY

NY PRISON CHIEF IGNORED 'TICKING TIME-BOMB' 3 1/2 MONTHS BEFORE GUARDS KILLED ROBERT BROOKS
'HE DISMISSED IT NONCHALANTLY. HE SAID 'THEY'RE TOO MANY CAMERAS INSIDE THE PRISONS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.’’

NEW JERSEY APPEALS COURT TO DECIDE MAJOR DIGITAL AGE PRESS FREEDOM CASE
A NEW JERSEY JUDGE STRIPPED THE PUBLIC OF ITS RIGHT TO SEE EXHIBITS IN CRIMINAL CASES, WILL AN APPEALS COURT GIVE IT BACK?

GOV., PROTESTERS: KILLING OF ROBERT BROOKS BY PRISON GUARD GANG 'MURDER'
GRAND JURY TO CONSIDER CHARGES ON MONDAY, SPECIAL PROSECUTOR WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK SAYS

ONE OF ROBERT BROOKS’ ALLEGED KILLERS CAN KEEP HIS GUNS, COURT REJECTS AG EFFORT TO DISARM GUARD
STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RULES DAVID J. KINGSLEY, CAPTURED ON VIDEO CHOKING ROBERT BROOKS, CAN KEEP HIS GUNS FOR NOW
ROBERT BROOKS KILLING BY PRISON GUARDS 'HOMICIDE,' MEDICAL EXAMINER RULES, GRAND JURY TO GET CASE
GRAND JURY TO BEGIN HEARING EVIDENCE FEB. 10

2 MONTHS AFTER PRISON GUARDS KILLED ROBERT BROOKS, WHY HASN’T ANYONE BEEN ARRESTED?
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ONONDAGA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK HAS BEEN SILENT

THE FREE LANCE NEWS CHALLENGES SECRECY FOR GUARDS WHO KILLED ROBERT BROOKS
LAWSUIT FILED IN STATE SUPREME COURT SEEKS TO OPEN SECRET EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS TO THE PUBLIC

MONDAY WAS ROBERT BROOKS ADVOCACY DAY AT THE STATE CAPITAL, CRIME CMTE CHAIR SEN. JULIA SALAZAR SUPPORTS REFORM
SEN. JULIA A. SALAZAR BACKS BILLS TO ADD TEETH TO PRISON GUARD DISCIPLINARY PROCESS, MAKE IT EASIER TO FIRE VIOLENT OFFICERS
3 DAYS AFTER 20 WERE STRICKEN, 5 MORE WORKERS AT UPSTATE NY PRISON RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL
A CORRECTION OFFICER AND A PRISON NURSE APPEARED UNRESPONSIVE

FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH, MEET THE FORMERLY-INCARCERATED LEADERS SEEKING JUSTICE FOR ROBERT BROOKS
'THIS IS OUR GEORGE FLOYD'

OFFICER SEXUALLY HARASSED TO DEATH BY GUARDS AT MARCY C.F. SPARKS HUSBAND’S QUEST FOR JUSTICE
"MY SON ASKS ME ALL THE TIME, 'WHAT HAPPENED TO MOMMY? WHY DID MOMMY DIE?' WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO SAY TO HIM?'

NURSES COVERED UP PRISON GUARD VIOLENCE FOR YEARS BEFORE ROBERT BROOKS KILLING, TORTURE CHAMBER WITNESS REVEALS
"AT FIRST IT WAS JUST HEINOUS, IT WAS HORRIBLE. AFTER A WHILE, YOU GET NUMB TO IT. IT BECOMES THE NORMAL."

ROBERT BROOKS WAS ALREADY HURT BEFORE HE WAS KILLED BY GUARDS, GUARD PLEADS 5TH IN COURT
ROBERT BROOKS HAD A 'HEAD INJURY' WHEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE MARCY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, COURT TESTIMONY REVEALED ON TUESDAY

'BREAK IT TO FIX IT': NAT’L JAIL EXPERT SAYS PRISON WHERE ROBERT BROOKS WAS TORTURED AND KILLED MAY HAVE TO CLOSE
FORMER PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK JAIL CHIEF AND CORRECTIONS EXPERT MARTIN HORN BLASTS ‘ABSENCE OF MORAL LEADERSHIP’AT MARCY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR ROBERT BROOKS DEATH

WHAT BODY CAMERA VIDEO TELLS US ABOUT THE KILLING OF ROBERT BROOKS BY PRISON GUARDS
AT LEAST 13 GUARDS TORTURED ROBERT BROOKS TO DEATH, THE VIDEO SHOWS

AG LETITIA JAMES WITHDRAWS FROM EFFORT TO DISARM PRISON GUARDS IMPLICATED IN KILLING ROBERT BROOKS
30 DAYS AFTER ROBERT BROOKS WAS KILLED, NO CRIMINAL CHARGES IN SIGHT

GUARD WHO CHOKED, STOMPED ON ROBERT BROOKS GENITALS CONVICTED OF A CRIME IN 2020
ANTHONY FARINA INFAMOUSLY KICKED ROBERT BROOKS IN THE GROIN BEFORE KILLING HIM WITH 12 OTHER GUARDS AT THE MARCY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. AT LEAST ONE OF THE OTHER GUARDS HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD TOO, BUT ITS SEALED

LATEST ON ROBERT BROOKS MURDER INVESTIGATION: OFFICIAL CONFIRMS NO ONE CALLED 9-1-1
‘WE HAVE NO RECORDS ON OUR SYSTEM FOR AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS … TO/FROM MARCY TO WYNN HOSPITAL’

GOV. KATHY HOCHUL CALLS FOR CHARGES IN ROBERT BROOKS KILLING BY GUARDS, AG LETITIA JAMES GIVES CASE TO SPECIAL PROSECUTOR
"TOO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED WITHOUT CHARGES BEING BROUGHT AGAINST THE INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE”