Marcy Correctional Facility

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 Correctional Facility

Location	9000 Old River Road Marcy, New York
Status	open
Security class	medium
Capacity	1522
Opened	1988[1]
Managed by	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Website	Official website

Abuse of inmates

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 fatally beat 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]