WIVT report here
On March 3, 2025 activists and formerly incarcerated persons rallied on the steps of the Broome County Building in protest against the murders of incarcerated persons in our state prisons, from the on-camera deathly beating of Robert Brooks on December 9th in the Marcy prison, and the beating to death by COs on March 1st of Messiah Nantwi in the Mid-state prison–as well as a continuing series of deaths in the local Broome County jail.
A series of speakers from Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier, Citizen Action, and the NAACP among others spoke against attempts by striking COs, local sheriffs and elected officials to overturn HALT, the law that limited the use of solitary prions in state prisons and jails. Most powerful and compelling was the last, live by phone testimony from Joshu Vaughn, currently incarcerated in the Broome County Jail, who recounted his personal experience in state prisons including Marchy and Mid-state.
Here is JUST’s press release for the event, the NAACP’s vigorous statement against the murder of Brooks, and Joshua Vaughn’s personal testimongy, live from inside the BC Jail, of the unchecked brutality and death in state prisons including Marcy and Midstate–and our local county jails.
