Guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2024 fatal beating of inmate, sparking reform calls.

Christopher Walrath, a prison guard at Marcy Correctional Facility in New York, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for the 2024 fatal beating of inmate Robert Brooks. Walrath admitted to beating Brooks, placing him in a chokehold, and lying to investigators. He will serve a 15-year prison sentence. This is the first plea deal reached among six guards initially charged with murder, sparking calls for prison reform.