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.
Body camera video, released by the state attorney general, shows multiple Marcy Correctional Facility COs striking Robert Brooks, who later died in a hospital
The New York AG called the video of Robert Brooks’ death “shocking;” 14 Marcy Correctional Facility COs and employees were fired in response
The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office employees allegedly disguised the theft by replacing stolen cash with check disbursements from the Inmate Trust Fund bank account
Sheriff: Staff made ‘critical errors’
Suit, filed by Amanda Hayes, names the jail, Administrator Mark Westrum, Lt. Richard Thompson and then-corrections officer Brian Bossie as defendants
Accused of giving Styrofoam impressions of a housing unit’s master key to one inmate, and outlines of a key to a back door to another inmate
Used embarrassing photos and correspondance to attain favorable treatment
Alleges he was wrongfully shot while unarmed and in bed
Deputy Richard Stotts was fired after the findings of an internal affairs investigation were sustained by an administrative review board
Juan A. Merritt has also been charged with criminal damage of property in the second degree
Inmates watch every move we make; they see our strengths, but they also see our weaknesses
They also said in the suit that high-level administrators failed to fix surveillance cameras that might have captured these acts
Used access to look at medical files of a next-door-neighbor’s daughter
Nancy Gonzalez told another inmate she thought Ronell Wilson might have been using her pregnancy to avoid the death penalty
Used his purchasing privileges to buy thousands of dollars in electronic equipment for personal use
Tavon White agreed to name additional staffers who participated in the scheme beyond the 13 female COs already charged
The 25-count indictment against 50-year-old Juan Stevens of Burlington City was made public Wednesday
Part of unresolved probes into allegations of sexual abuse
Bedford County District Attorney William Higgins says Ryan Clapper’s conduct was “reprehensible and egregious”
Beatings, sexual assaults at 3 facilities, including Elmore
Civil liberties advocates say inmate’s case and others like it highlight the inadequacy of the inmate grievance process
Employees were confronted with suspicions that they had violated the agency’s policies
Violated ethical standards for judges by “lending the prestige of judicial office to advance private interests”
DA Robert T. Johnson said that the suspects would be arraigned in State Supreme Court, but provided few other details
Sued in federal court for the second time in a year over the sexual abuse of women
The 12-member jury delivered the verdicts Tuesday afternoon in Montgomery against former correctional Lt. Michael Smith of Auburn
State spent an additional $6.6 million to defend sexual misconduct cases over the last decade
Seven indicted officers who went to work behind bars guarding hundreds of inmates before they were legally able to drink were hired over a six-year period that began in 2002
Former correctional officer Scottie Glenn testified on the opening day of the trial for former Lt. Michael Smith
Jury decided CO had been retaliated against as she fought to retain her job as a parole and probation officer
Started after CO believed a female inmate was trying to collect an extra breakfast tray
Two COs were charged with sexually abusing female inmates
Used the E-Justice database to check the criminal history of an ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend