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.
Conditions of confinement in Georgia’s prisons violate the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, the DOJ said
About two minutes into the pursuit, the CO fired three rounds, wounding a passenger in the BMW, federal prosecutors said
The plea deal revealed the former Walker County CO “admitted that ‘collectively we did it. We killed him,” following an inmate’s death from hypothermia
Officer lied about his rounds the day two inmates staged an escape
Brian James Brown, former correctional officer, was sentenced to five years in prison
A former city Corrections officer will likely end up behind bars after she admitted to having sex with an inmate and selling Ecstasy
Bottom line: Those who work in corrections need to be held to a higher standard
Federal CO was maimed when he was stabbed in the eye by a former Osama bin Laden aide
A former inmate claims he was ignored multiple times over grievances he filed after he was sexually assaulted four times by suspended CO Harry Nicoletti
Officer killed an unarmed New York City man as he left his bachelor party
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a former correctional officer at the Tennessee Prison for Women, 23-year-old Justin Heflin
Deputy Mark Samuels, 54, faces 14 counts related to a sexual relationship with a female inmate of the Marion County Jail
John Bernard Bland Jr. was arrested and charged with three counts of carnal knowledge of a prisoner
Man accused of pinning, hitting 14-year-old in face
Three women were allegedly raped by a CO
Deputy Duone Clark, 40, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with sexual assault and violation of oath by a public officer
Anthony Townes is serving an 18-year sentence for raping at least four inmates
The charges are all felonies and he is being held on a $350,000 cash only bond
Robert Botzon was released only after the judicial assistant who’d called for help with an unruly spectator confirmed that they’d grabbed the wrong guy
Former Deputies John Wilburn and Thomas Goodman were charged with assault Wednesday for allegedly pepperspraying an inmate while he was secured in a restraint chair
An inmate who says cops tortured him into confessing to a rape can present evidence of coercion that was denied at trial
Anthony McIntosh was arrested, accused of failing to alert emergency workers after finding an inmate unresponsive
Capt. Victor Martin was placed on paid suspension for possible employee misconduct the day after 19-year-old Jade Holder was beaten in his cell
Jessie Hubbard’s posting violated several rules of conduct, including threatening, intimidating or coercing another employee or a member of the general public;
The suit accuses department brass of failing to root out deputy brutality in jails
About 100 opponents of America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” rallied Friday in downtown Phoenix to protest the treatment of an inmate
Official had been dismissed from the sheriff’s training academy in 2007
Anthony Hansen was placed on unpaid suspension Dec. 14 and resigned Wednesday
Incarcerating an inmate without clothing isn’t expressly prohibited under DOC policy
YouTube Video: Officer loses job over holding cell incident
Christopher Shields, 45, claims he was punched, kneed and choked during the incident, some of which was captured on video by a security camera
Butte County Superior Court Judge Clare Keithley ruled there was insufficient time Thursday to complete the preliminary examination of Efrain Mendoza