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 allege that the inmate leveraged his influence to bring sex and drugs into the Durham County jail and used an illegal cellphone to arrange drug deals outside the facility
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Prosecutors were accused of hiding a deal with the detainee, who alleged the Cook County corrections officer used excessive force during a jail altercation
Other officer, who slammed inmate’s head into wall, faces charges
An Orange County corrections officer fired last year after a bus brawl has been rehired but demoted
Initial damage estimate is near $250,000 but could go higher as some areas of the jail still are being repaired
Would prevent his client from serving jail time on felony drug-related charges
Could be sentenced to 20 years behind bars for aggravated assault and official misconduct
Man filed federal civil rights lawsuit over alleged access to personal and criminal history by a Rensselaer County Jail employee attempting to break up a romantic relationship
CO is accused of videotaping prison employee in the women’s locker room using a USB device
Tried to convince patrolman to not press charges after being found sitting in damaged car in middle of public street
Said he repeatedly tried to get the CO to stop pummeling the inmate
Officials are tightening procedures tied to searches of both visitors and COs
Text messages show deputy expected $500K
Nearly 9,000 incidents of sexual victimization against inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were reported in 2011
Charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute five grams or more of meth
Removed all state offenders from its Tulsa halfway house after the state Corrections Department required them to do so amid three ongoing internal affairs investigations
2 COs were witnessed in an altercation at the Miami-Dade Jail
CO Leodegario Buan may have been caught on camera getting a foot massage by a maximum security inmate while in uniform and on duty, but he contends it was his former employer that acted inappropriately
Officer returns after deal cut in illegal use of a computer case
Offered to remove the facility’s administrator as part of a plan presented Friday to the state Board of Corrections
Fired for using photos of staff and inmates to put their faces on bodies of celebrities and animals
Investigations revealed “serious infractions” affecting inmate safety
Charged with one count of intentionally intercepting the wire, oral or electronic communications of others
DOC alleges that officers staged fights among offenders
Prosecutors: “The defendant put the entire institution at risk”
High rates of sexual abuse were reported in survey from DOJ administered to 191 anonymous inmates in 2011
Commissioner: “They blatantly lied to me. I cannot have people spew falsehoods, especially when I was prison board chairman.”
3 are the latest ex-Roxbury COs to enter a plea in federal investigation into a series of assaults
Nurse may have contaminated insulin vials with a needle that she used to test several prisoners’ blood sugar
Scores of retired NYC police, fire and corrections officers were arrested
Smuggled some items inside tennis balls and hollow, plastic practice golf balls
Encouraged prisoners to contact friends and family and asked them to buy drugs, pornographic materials and other banded items and then get in touch with him