DEAN MOSES / AMNY
Families of incarcerated New Yorkers and those who previously served time themselves rallied in Midtown and Albany on Thursday to demand a deep cultural reset in the prisons and jails of the Empire State.
The call came in the wake of the horrific beating death of inmate Robert Brooks in December 2024, and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement on Feb. 20 that staff members involved in the caught-on-video attack had been arrested.
Brooks’ name was on the lips and minds of those assembling on 56th Street and 3rd Avenue Thursday, even as their own past and present continue to haunt them…