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.
Security footage showed officers walking past the unresponsive detainee before eventually cutting him down; prosecutors said their inaction broke the law
The 27-year veteran with CDCR was accused of rampant sexual abuse during his time at Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla
The DOJ said Alvin S. Glenn COs learned of two inmate killings from outsider calls: one via voicemail and another by someone watching a Facebook Live of the killing
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
Sergeant settles case involving improper use of police database
Wasn’t sentenced to jail because his son has extreme anxiety disorder
Eavesdropping resulted this week in the dismissal of seven felony charges against an inmate
Accused of contacting and meeting up with female inmates right after they were released
Jermaine Lamb claims that Officer Glen Trammel told the Crips to attack him on Oct. 19, 2012
Harold Bush Walbey III faces up to 57 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines
Sentenced to 90 days in jail
Officer said he thought he was going to be punched and didn’t have time to call for help
Correctional officer recently was charged with having sex with three female participants
The investigation at Lanesboro Correctional Institution was spawned by a separate SBI inquiry into the September 2012 stabbing death of inmate Wesley Turner
State corrections secretary Gary D. Maynard announced that he will step down, saying his department had “stabilized” the Baltimore jail in the wake of a corruption scandal
Casey Forbes of Hot Springs was sentenced in Augusta County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to two charges of bribery of a public official
18 current and former LA County sheriff’s officials have been charged with beating inmates and jail visitors, falsifying reports, and trying to obstruct an FBI probe of the nation’s largest jail system
Allegedly assaulted another corrections officer
Prosecutors recommended that John Follo be given three years in prison when he is sentenced next month
Misspent $348,000 on personal mileage and poorly documented expenses
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