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.
Investigators say the La Plata County commander accessed sensitive jail videos more than 3,000 times and looked up inmates and colleagues on social media
Investigations by state police into employee misconduct exposed a culture at Snake River Correctional Institution that enabled abuse and harassment
Najee Jackson tried to bypass security by removing layers of clothing, but a search of his vest exposed the hidden contraband
A dizzying array of revelations has called into question just who is telling the truth and who is lying
Until October 2013, prison medical facilities were staffed by Department of Corrections personnel
County officials, however, maintain they were already working on jail improvements well before inmate’s death
The scathing report calls for management and other changes at High Desert State Prison
The allegations involve coerced sex and the bartering of sex for illegal drugs and other contraband by COs
Department of Justice has been investigating a range of alleged crimes at the facility
Investigators set up surveillance cameras and captured the CO placing a bag of 20 cigarettes in a Shop Vac
Lowell Correctional Institution for women has made controversial headlines time and time again
The investigation is continuing, according to the FBI
A police review board previously found the officers’ actions justified
Each of the defendants also was charged with making false statements to the FBI
Inmates reported having purchased Subutex, also known as buprenorphine, from CO inside the jail
The case is the first of a handful stemming from a wide-ranging FBI investigation into the county jails
Documents say surveillance video captured one of the jailers stepping over inmate
Bland was arrested after a traffic stop then was found dead in her cell three days later
Coroners listed inmate’s cause of death as ‘in-custody death with application of physical restraints’
Allegedly punched and stomped the inmate after he had been handcuffed, shackled and Maced
Fellow officers testified man was handcuffed on the ground
The result of an ongoing investigation into serious policy violations including prisoners being able to change clothes and leave the jail at will
Officers were conducting a shakedown on inmate Amanda Chavez’s cell when the footage shows officers pepper spraying and tackling Chavez to the ground without provocation
An informant says Stephanie Lewis brought the inmate marijuana every week in exchange for her to be able to purchase several items at one store and a credit line at another
Jeff Dewayne Bully, 45, was charged Wednesday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with five counts of rape
Nine employees have resigned or been fired as the result of a widening investigation into security breaches at a maximum-security Iowa prison
Christmas nearly pleaded guilty before reversing his position during a June change of plea hearing
Jessica M. Stringer stole the ID bracelet of another inmate who was set to be released
The state paid her $35,000 to settle and denied any liability or wrongdoing
Armando Ozuna, 24, was sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide
Oklahoma’s attorney general has agreed to not request execution dates until 2016 as his office investigates why the state used the wrong drug to execute an inmate
Former jail commander Lt. Col. Royce Cole will be demoted to captain of the Arrestee Processing Center
