The fights are also being investigated by the ... jails and prisons following the fatal beating of an inmate by corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica last month.

Correction Officer Andrew Lansing was allegedly killed ... But the report also found that fights among inmates, including those involving four or more inmates, had jumped 23% from 2022.

Corrections Officer Andrew Lansing issued two misconduct reports earlier this year for inmate Rashawn Cannon, the man accused of killing Lansing on Christmas Day at Ross Correctional Institution.