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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Philip Marcelo

15 prison staffers placed on leave following inmate death in New York

Fifteen prison staffers have been placed on leave following the death of an inmate in New York state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday

The Democrat said the state department of corrections staffers were taken off the job at her direction as state police have launched a probe into the death of Messiah Nantwi at the Mid-State Correctional Facility on Saturday.

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