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.
Wasco County Sheriff Magill called the behavior “egregious,” but the arbitrator cited a lack of prior discipline and a casual office culture in reversing the termination
During the hearing, Christopher Walrath acknowledged that he put Brooks in a chokehold, that he struck the inmate’s body and groin and that he lied to investigators
The Montgomery County Sheriff says Christian Black likely died from positional asphyxia after being restrained during a jail altercation
Judge Allison M. Danner approved the collateral put up by officer Matthew Farris’ family
Over 5,700 texts routinely targeted co-workers, superiors, inmates “and blacks in general”
One faces charges of impersonating a police officer
A New York City correction officer on Rikers Island has been arrested after prosecutors said he stood idly by, sipping a cup of coffee, as an inmate had a fatal seizure
Correctional Officer Tyrone Glover resigned after an investigation following the incident caught on camera
Angelo Martinez was arrested Wednesday after he was stopped during a routine screening at one of the jails that make up the Rikers complex
The officer who struck the inmate, Sgt. Juanice Cole, was also fired
A 41-year-old state correctional officer from Tharptown has been charged with 13 felonies for allegedly smuggling cell phones and marijuana to inmates at SCI-Coal Township
At least three other instances of officers physically abusing prisoners occurred at the downtown lockup between May and July of this year
Hoping to persuade a judge to set bail Friday, the three correctional officers are expected to offer to wear GPS trackers if they are released
Joseph Black, accused of raping several inmates while he was a corrections officer at Lackawanna County Prison, pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanor charges
Nakia Gales and Herman Jiminian have been charged with assault, falsifying records and official misconduct
Officer Konstantinos Passamichalis, 50, has been charged with second-degree assault and misconduct in office
The County district attorney’s office on Wednesday filed charges of simple assault and harassment against 23-year-old Nicholas Hughes, who authorities said hit inmate Cloward Grant III last month
A former top official at a northern New Jersey jail who was convicted of illegal wiretapping is now headed to prison
A grand jury on Friday indicted Klamath County Sheriff Frank Skrah on nine misdemeanor charges related to allegations that he used excessive force
A state corrections officer has been arrested for the rape of an inmate who was taken to the hospital back in May
A former corrections officer at the St. Louis Justice Center across from City Hall has been arrested for having sex with an inmate
Inmate Michael Tyree, 31, died last week at the jail
Draye D. Durham claims officers are accepting gifts from inmates for favors and passing around and abusing drugs
Both officers later submitted falsified official documents in an attempt to justify their improper use of force
Injuries to four inmates ranged from bruises, stitches to multiple fractures when officers used excessive force after restraint
Tom Carey, a former captain in the internal investigations bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, pleaded guilty in federal court to making false declarations
A woman handed the CO a package at his home, which he then smuggled into the jail and is believed to have handed to an inmate
Officer John Dale, 33, of Niagara Falls was arrested 9 p.m. Tuesday night
Judge Lawrence Flood imposed a sentence of 18 months of probation on Rico Palomino, saying the unprovoked punch was “an act of indiscretion”
Oscar Taylor, 53 who was assigned to the barbershop, has been charged with bringing contraband into a penal institution
A physician assistant and supervising nurse were fired and another nurse was demoted after an investigation into an inmate’s death
Prosecutor says a Pa. county jail officer fired last month is being investigated for allegations that he had sex with a female inmate
Shawn Soltis, a new hire with only six months on the job, was fooling around when he grabbed an ECD from a desk and shot a fellow officer in the leg
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