"The Rochester community is once again making a painful plea for justice and change within our criminal justice system."

The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice are investigating the death of Robert Brooks, the Greece inmate who died hours after corrections officers beat him.

On Dec. 9, prison guards brutally beat Brooks, 43, who died six hours later at a Utica hospital. A video released Friday by the state Attorney General’s Office showed the officers punching, kicking, stripping and restraining Brooks.

Officials are investigating the death of Robert Brooks, an inmate who died after he was brutally pummeled by corrections officers in New York.