Away From Cameras, These Prison Infirmaries Become ‘Torture Chambers’

In some New York prisons, infirmaries are dens of hidden violence

The Marshall Project has identified 46 allegations that corrections officers assaulted prisoners in medical wings of New York prisons since 2010.

Hidden from Cameras, New York State Prison Infirmaries Became 'Torture Chambers'

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project,  a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on  Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and Facebook.The guards carried Robert Brooks into the infirmary face down, holding him by his cuffed hands and ankles. Once inside a private exam room at Marcy Correctional Facility, near Syracuse, New York, on Dec. 9, officers …

Away From Cameras, These Prison Infirmaries Become ‘Torture Chambers’

After guards beat Robert Brooks to death in December, The Marshall Project found dozens more allegations of abuse in medical rooms lacking cameras.