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| Location | 9000 Old River Road Marcy, New York |
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| Status | open |
| Security class | medium |
| Capacity | 1522 |
| Opened | 1988 [1] |
| Managed by | New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision |
| Website | Official website |
Marcy Correctional Facility is a men's medium-security state prison in the town of Marcy, Oneida County, New York. [2] [3] Constructed across the street from Mid-State Correctional Facility and the Central New York Psychiatric Center, it opened on December 29, 1988. [1]
Marcy was the subject of an October 2022 Correctional Association of New York oversight report released in 2023 that included a two-day monitoring visit and 117 interviews with inmates. Findings included poor food quality, a lack of hygienic goods, poor healthcare amenities due to staffing vacancies, racialized verbal and physical abuse against Black inmates, widespread violence against inmates by staff, and an unresponsive grievance process. [4]
On December 9, 2024, corrections officers allegedly fatally brutalized Robert Brooks while he was handcuffed in a medical examination room. [5] The killing of Brooks prompted renewed scrutiny and investigations over Marcy Correctional Facility's history of abuse by staff. [6] Some state lawmakers have suggested closing the facility. [7] On February 20, 2025, "nearly a dozen" of those were involved in the beating and death of Brooks, including a least six correctional officers, would be indicted by a grand jury and arrested on murder, manslaughter, gang assault and tampering with evidence charges. [8] [9] [10]
On March 1, 2025, prisoner Messiah Nantwi at the neighboring Mid-State Correctional Facility was beaten to death by corrections officers. Of the 15 officers initially named as persons of interest in the case, 5 were employed by Marcy and were working at Mid-State at the time. [11] Two of those Marcy employees, Craig Klemick and Thomas Eck, were charged with manslaughter charges. [12] [13] [11] Three of these five Marcy employees, Klemick, Eck and Nicholas Vitale, would also receive charges related to an effort to cover up details surrounding Nantwi's death. [13] [11] All of the 15 correctional officers of interest who were employed by the Marcy and Mid-State Correctional facilities have been either placed on leave or suspended. [13]
Marcy Corr Facility
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| Medium security | |
| Maximum security | |
| Closed | |
Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (unisex) | |
