Eric Schneiderman is advising the father of Brooks, who was beaten to death in an upstate prison late last year.

New York’s governor says prison workers are being arrested today on murder charges in the death of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed. The beating of 43-year-old Robert Brooks

Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York has been a bastion of police brutality for years according to reports and the recent death of inmate Robert Brooks has brought even more attention to the civil rights violations running rampant at the prison.

Robert Brooks Jr. claimed in a federal lawsuit filed in January that his father’s attackers “systematically and casually beat him to death” and that the prison system tolerates violence.

At least six additional people could face charges in the fatal beating of an inmate two months ago in a Central New York prison, prosecutors said. Three of the people have entered into plea agreements with Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick,

A New York grand jury indicted officers involved in the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks Sr. at Marcy Correctional Facility for second degree murder.

Nine other guards were charged last week in the beating death of the inmate. The top charge was second-degree murder.

Ten former New York corrections employees have been indicted in the death of Robert Brooks, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.

Six prison workers in New York were indicted on murder charges Thursday in connection with the death of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed.

Top prison officials, like many, didn't know body cameras had recall function. DA Fitzpatrick says without video, the killing may have remained hidden.