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.
The coroner ruled Anthony Mitchell’s death a homicide, citing hypothermia and sepsis “resulting from infected injuries obtained during incarceration and medical neglect”
One of the COs observed that Tony Mitchell’s condition “would ultimately result in serious harm or even death” without medical intervention, according to her plea deal
The CO was inside the Saginaw County Jail control tower when she walked behind a co-worker and used her TASER to deliver a drive-stun under the CO’s arm
Almost 7 percent of inmates reported sexual contact with staff in DOJ survey
Union doesn’t believe higher salaries will prevent corruption
Prison employee: “I don’t know who wrote the letters, but I believe that everything they wrote is true [because I’ve seen it]”
From FBI’s perspective, COBR was corruption-enabling reform that itself was a product of corruption
Following incident where correctional officers were put on leave without pay
Comptroller says 2007 incident suggests uncorrected ‘rot in the department’
inmate said a Md. CO allowed another prisoner to beat him while he remained in restraints in a van in March 2007
Prison officials respond to the indictment of 13 officers
Dispute off prison grounds turned into a violent confrontation
The ring allegedly involved sex that led to four of the officers becoming pregnant by a gang leader
Official: Derogatory comments were directed at a staff member over a lengthy period of time and the person finally filed a complaint after another such comment was made
Matthew Andrews is charged with one count of aiding escape
Facebook posts sunk Ryan Patrick Wenker, 35
Interviews with more than 50 incarcerated women uncovered evidence of frequent and severe officer-on-inmate sexual violence
Accuses members of Correctional Emergency Response Team of beating inmates in retaliation for previous assaults on corrections officers
Former corrections officer Lamont Lucas, 47, allegedly carried on a sexual relationship with an inmate at the Federal Detention Center in Philly from February to May 2012
Latest in a string of staffing problems alleged or being investigated at the Idaho Correctional Center south of Boise
Matthew Andrews is a two-year veteran of the department
Couldn’t remember the scene of an inmate roaming Bourbon Street, or that of a long-barreled handgun being unloaded in a prison cell
Incidents are among 278 cases of alleged employee misconduct detailed in the latest report by the independent inspector general of the state corrections department
Inmate killed self, employee falsified records about duties
Charged with second-degree sexual assault and third-degree criminal restraint
Prison captain was fired, then reinstated, following an incident caught on video where he pepper sprayed a restrained inmate
Claimed the remark about “getting” Gov. Kasich was a joke
Cop said they had been to “many bars” and got into a “dust-up”
Accused of cashing tax return checks, making false Social Security claims
In February, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Corrections Officer Robin Smith used excessive force on an inmate
Prosecutors charged Abner Canda, 58, on Tuesday with custodial misconduct
The revelation came out during the officer’s arraignment Tuesday
Jail trustee says he cleaned up blood