Staff Misconduct
This topic features news, training and information related to cases involving potential or perceived misconduct in corrections. This section serves the important function of pointing out, not pointing fingers, when a CO has gone outside the lines.
The Travis County CO was terminated the same day he was arrested and charged with bringing contraband into a correctional facility
Investigators found the corrections officer’s actions were improper but not criminal under state or federal law
Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake met dozens of court-ordered reforms years after allegations of excessive force and abuse
The post was in response to outrage over cops being doused with water
Detectives found that during a six-day period in June, CO had logged 49 visual checks on inmates but video evidence showed he didn’t perform 34 of them
The five-minute video was filmed July 8 though a window screen by an unidentified inmate
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A website that monitors law enforcement officers’ Facebook posts is prompting investigations in many agencies
The family of an inmate who died of an apparent seizure while imprisoned was awarded $2 million
A jury found that supervisors retaliated against the warden for defending a female subordinate who complained about sexual harassment
Last month, four Texas COs were fired and two resigned after authorities found their posts inappropriate
The court agreed to reverse the firing of the officer and instead allow her to resign
The fallout from the #FeelingCute challenge is just the latest example of an issue that keeps coming up in the digital age
After spotting the images on a then-open officers’ Facebook group, inmate families began emailing department officials with screenshots, demanding action
The challenge has drawn scrutiny to some government employees who’ve allegedly made insensitive remarks
Three former members of NY DOC will receive a settlement after alleged discrimination behind bars
The deputy is sentenced to 30 days in prison but will be able to go to work during that time
The nurse has been charged with poisoning her husband and setting their home on fire
The COs were acquitted of felony charges of aggravated assault
A grand jury has indicted the ex-officers and inmates in a jailhouse beating of one inmate and a rape of another
The girlfriend of the man accused of fatally shooting five people says he has been fascinated with the idea of killing
The escaped Wyo. inmate and correctional facility employee accused of helping him break out were arrested in Georgia
The officers claim the discrimination has gone on for years with no help from leadership
“Despite the claims set forth in her lawsuit, [the deputy] was terminated after she posted a photograph of an incarcerated individual on social media, and was observed visiting him while in the jail,” an official said
The officer had disclosed past drug use, including abuse of prescription drugs, LSD and cocaine, on his application
A sheriff’s office spokesman said the officers were work-release deputies who accepted bribes and transported an inmate during a night shift to a motel to have sex with a deputy
The officer said he was passed over for promotion in January after reporting sexual misconduct allegations against his supervisor
John R. Gallagher, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree sexual assault in August
The officers were trying to smuggle contraband into two separate facilities
The officer must forfeit $15,000 in bribe payments, and register as a sex offender
Laurie Watt, 47, admitted to trying to bribe a fellow CO for access to an inmate
Valerie Victor said she’d had “non-professional relationships” with four inmates
The move was an attempt to put an end to some sheriffs’ longstanding practice of pocketing “excess” state money they receive to feed state inmates