Corrections officers indicted over beating death of inmate

A grand jury indicted multiple corrections officers on Tuesday in connection with the March 1 fatal beating of 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Oneida County.

The indictments will be unsealed Wednesday in Utica.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she ordered the termination of 15 corrections officers in connection with the incident, and called Nantwi’s death “deeply disturbing.”…

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