Marcy, N.Y. — Two state corrections officers put on leave after the death of an inmate this month were involved in an infamous beatdown of inmates at the same facility nine years ago.
In 2016, dozens of Mid-State corrections officers brutally jumped on, kicked and sodomized inmates. Judge Anthony Brindisi ruled late last year that the state owes monetary damages to the inmates, but the amount has yet to be determined.
Two of those employees — corrections officer Adam Joseph and Sgt. Donald Slawson — are now among the 15 state prison employees under investigation following the March 1 death of inmate Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State…