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.
Braxton Kee is the 14th Walker County Jail employee to be indicted or plead guilty in connection with the death of Tony Mitchell
Probation staff staged 69 teen “gladiator fights” within six months at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in 2023, investigators said
After being left unattended for nearly two hours, one inmate was able to break a window in the van and unlock the doors, allowing all seven to get out and call for help on an intercom
Since January 2013, 49 corrections officers have been fired
Former Clark County jail nurse charged with 12 felonies related to illegally obtaining prescription drugs as a jail official has continued to provide health services at the county’s juvenile detention center
Angela Creech and Sherry Lasek were named in indictments charging them with multiple counts of official misconduct and one count of obstructing justice
Noel Womack, 36, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI at a hearing in federal court in Los Angeles
Robin Yanda, 25, was arrested on seven counts of smuggling contraband into a detention facility
Paul Mahan, 42, pleaded guilty to workers comp fraud and larceny
Hamilton County corrections Officer Ryan Epperson was arrested Wednesday on multiple drug, vandalism, trespassing and impersonation charges
Harold Bush Walbey pleaded guilty to multiple counts of filing false tax returns with the stolen identities of the inmates
Andre Kennedy, 22, was suspended without pay Wednesday from Central Mississippi Correctional Facility
Made a last-minute claim that his legal representation had been insufficient
The inmate who was allegedly retaliated against didn’t cooperate with authorities, nor seek to press charges
Tamika Cobb and Kendra Richard were caught on video taking merchandise from the 7-Eleven
Chatham County Sheriff Al St. Lawrence said the terminations were based on results of an internal investigation
Capt. Edgar Johnson and Sgt. Shauntsey Kitchens were arrested Wednesday
The officers, Sgt. Christopher Michael Jernigan, 37, and Officer Donald Dwight Sims Jr., 21, were arrested Monday
A former Valdosta State Prison corrections officer was indicted Friday on a charge related to attempting to smuggle tobacco to an inmate
A corrections officer in northern New Jersey has pleaded guilty to accepting a $1,000 bribe in exchange for smuggling contraband
Mentally ill inmate was left unattended and alone in his cell for weeks with insect-infested food containers, a feces-clogged toilet and ropes from his shredded jail uniform hanging from the ceiling
Defense attorney Christopher Urbano said that he expects Blair County Prison officer Lloyd Gene Rogers Jr. to be exonerated
Deputy has been indicted by a federal grand jury
Deputy crashed his personal vehicle and left the scene of the accident
Ricky Bell was charged with falsifying documents and fraud
Pair accused of leaving mentally ill inmateunattended for weeks
None of the 16 employees were recommended for criminal prosecution, but all face possible disciplinary action
Florida prisons chief Julie Jones says she knows of no further Ku Klux Klan activity
Florida correctional officers are accused of plotting to kill black inmate
Officials said the supposed hit man was an FBI criminal informant who recorded scenes over the past year
Inmate left the van to buy drugs but never returned
Were members of the KKK and planned to kill black inmate
Richard “Rick” Pilarski Jr. resigned Saturday after he acknowledged the Facebook exchange with family and friends in which he threatened to shoot gays
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