syracuse.com
UTICA, N.Y. ― A former prison guard from Mid-State Correctional Facility has been sentenced for planting evidence after the death of an inmate.
Messiah Nantwi, 22, was beaten to death inside the Marcy prison on March 1. Officers used fists, batons and boots to strike Nantwi after they said he was acting up during a count of inmates, prosecutors have said…