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.
Prosecutors amended Randall Hepp’s felony misconduct charge as part of a plea deal tied to ongoing investigations at Waupun Correctional Institution
The former corrections electronics technician admitted to trafficking fentanyl, meth, knives and contraband cellphones into the Bonne Terre facility
The loaded handgun was allegedly left in a Nashville dental school restroom during a medical transport from Trousdale Turner Correctional Center
An officer shown in a video tape repeatedly striking a handcuffed inmate was disciplined according to his race, states the prison union
Three inmates were also charged, as well as three women accused of helping smuggle the contraband into the facility
A Metro Corrections officer was fired after it was discovered that he’d brought brass knuckles into the facility, and also for failing to report a fight between two inmates
Officer has been disciplined for excessive force, but inmate’s attorney doesn’t want him working in the facility
A retired federal corrections officer has been charged with distributing heroin
A federal jury found five Denver sheriff’s deputies used excessive force against a homeless street preacher who died in the city’s downtown jail
Pleaded guilty to reduced charges of felony second degree assault in a plea deal with prosecutors
Former Halawa Correctional Facility officer Feso Malufau and inmate Tineimalo Adkins were among 18 men indicted last year on racketeering-related charges
A former Florida corrections officer has been convicted on several counts of possessing child pornography
Lawsuit seeks $75K for lost wages, legal fees, humiliation and “severe emotional and psychological distress”
The suit, which also names the county as a defendant, charges that the guards and the county violated inmate James William Hicks Jr.'s constitutional right that bans cruel and unusual punishment
CO at Cook County Jail who ordered and then took part in the beating of a mentally ill inmate was convicted after another CO testified against her
Authorities allege the individuals shipped hundreds of thousands of pills out of five Northeastern Pennsylvania counties
Abruptly retired amid an investigation into her relationship with a convicted sex offender
Recommendation meant to serve as example and deter other jail workers “who would participate or stand idly by when such brazen misconduct occurs”
Officer is currently accused of fraud, looting union dues and of coercing inmates to vote against re-electing sheriff
Rollin Suttle Austin was arrested for theft, convicted of drunk driving and accused of dozens of brutal, unprovoked beatings
A Wise County sheriff’s deputy stands accused of forcing sex offenders to take nude photos while registering for the state’s sex offender database
Federal prison supervisor in Missouri admits persuading inmate to cover up attack by officer
The deputy turned in his resignation before his disciplinary hearing
Abuse charges prompts firings at Florida Department of Corrections
They are charged with gassing an inmate, then beating and kicking him while he was handcuffed and shackled, and then lying about it
An Orange County corrections officer who was fired amid sexual harassment claims, then rehired, is under investigation once again
Two deaths in the county jail have advocates calling for a committee
Marion County Sheriff’s deputies are being disciplined after an eighth instance of mistaken inmate release
Authorities say one accepted a jail inmate’s challenge to a fight
She admitted to the theft of about $300 worth of merchandise from a Walmart
New York corrections officers will have their lunches x-rayed for drugs or weapons before they enter jails
2010 death of an inmate in a prison in the Panhandle is being investigated once again amid questions about the original investigation
Kevan Caliper, 42, of Swansea, was charged on Aug. 23 with forgery
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