ALBANY — A private law firm’s review of the use of force inside the central New York prisons where two inmates were beaten to death by correction officers has confirmed that a staffing crisis is fueling a lack of programming that leads to more misbehavior and unsafe conditions.
The department’s review also included input from Amend, a public health and human rights advocacy program that seeks to change the culture of prisons to reduce debilitating health effects on inmates and staff, and a corrections consulting firm, Falcon Inc.
The corrections department last year retained Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP to conduct the lead review of Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, where 43-year-old Robert L. Brooks Sr. was beaten to death by correction officers in December 2024…