Governor Kathy Hochul visited Marcy Correctional Facility to demand answers following the death of Robert Brooks and announced a series of immediate corrective

New York Governor Kathy Hochul visited Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica Monday. The facility under is national scrutiny after an inmate died December 10 th, a day after being beaten there. Hochul says she demanded answers from the facility’s interim leadership about the death of 43-year-old Robert Brooks.

The FBI Albany Field Office and the Department of Justice are reviewing the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of Robert L. Brooks.”

Hochul also announced immediate corrective measures. She already ordered a comprehensive investigation into Brooks's death and instructed New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello to initiate the termination process for the 14 individuals involved in the fatal incident.

Governor Kathy Hochul visited Marcy Correctional Facility and made sweeping changes to the facility's leadership.

A report details allegations of abuse by guards at Marcy Correctional Center, highlighting a recent inmate death.

An investigation first opened by the New York State Attorney General Letitia James on Dec. 16 is now moving to the hands of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Marcy Correctional Facility guards who beat Robert Brooks to death have been accused of beating inmates in years past