A preliminary investigation found that up to nine correction officers may have contributed to Messiah Nantwi’s death, ...

Activists are calling for changes in New York state prisons as state police investigate the death of an inmate from Harlem.

A special prosecutor has been tapped to investigate a Harlem man’s death during an apparent altercation with correction ...

The state attorney general’s office has recused itself from the investigation of the beating of Messiah Nantwi, who died ...

The maternal aunt of a 22-year-old Harlem man who died in an upstate prison after an altercation with correction officers that is under criminal investigation demanded answers Friday.

After Robert Brooks' death in December, Gov. Kathy Hochul said officers had been ordered to activate their cameras when ...

Letitia James said a special prosecutor would lead the investigation into the death of Messiah Nantwi because her office had ...

In a new statement on Tuesday night, New York Department of Corrections Commissioner Thomas Martuscello III says thoughts and ...

Messiah Nantwi was serving a five-year sentence for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon following a shootout with police in 2021. He was also indicted on murder charges in 2023.

The death of Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility prompted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to place 15 employees on leave.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said that early reports suggested “extremely disturbing conduct” leading to the death of Messiah Nantwi, 22 ...

Fifteen staff members have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into Saturday’s death of New York ...