Ten New York Prison Guards Charged, Two With Murder, in Fatal Beating of Inmate Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility on March 1

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Updated Apr 16, 2025, 06:48 PM

Ten New York prison guards have been charged in connection with the fatal beating of 22-year-old inmate Messiah Nantwi at the Mid-State Correctional Facility on March 1. Two of the guards, Jonah Levi and Caleb Blair, face second-degree murder charges, while eight others are charged with various offenses including first-degree manslaughter, gang assault, second-degree manslaughter, and attempted coverup related to the incident. The indictment alleges that Levi and Blair, along with other guards, assaulted Nantwi without provocation, leading to his death due to massive head trauma and numerous other injuries. The attack involved the use of fists, batons, and boots, and demonstrated depraved indifference to Nantwi's life. The incident occurred during a period when the facility was struggling due to a three-week wildcat officers' strike, which had forced the deployment of National Guard troops to maintain operations. Governor Kathy Hochul described the incident as a 'horrific crime,' emphasizing the disturbing nature of Nantwi's death at the hands of correction officers responsible for protecting the incarcerated population. The case has been assigned to a special prosecutor, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, due to the recusal of the attorney general's office. Nantwi was serving a five-year sentence for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, stemming from a 2021 incident involving gunfire with police. He was also awaiting trial for two murders in Harlem in 2023.

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10 guards accused of fatally beating an inmate in New York https://t.co/XngK2gXNIj

New York Daily News

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NY correction officers charged with murder, attempted coverup in beating death of Messiah Nantwi https://t.co/zWMVZ2Aa0m

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New York Gov. Hochul announced that a grand jury handed down a number of criminal indictments against multiple state correctional officers in connection to the March 1 beating death of inmate Messiah Nantwi. https://t.co/Mn8LG4PORa