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 ex-Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office deputy admitted that he smuggled drugs and a phone into an inmate, including fentanyl and cocaine, for distribution among other inmates
Three bags of “crystal like substance” were discovered in the Staton Correctional Facility CO’s vehicle after an officer and K-9 conducted a sniff search in the facility’s parking lot
The DeSoto County jail employee was charged with conveying articles useful for the escape of a prisoner, the Mississippi DOC said
The officers were placed on paid leave Tuesday and an internal investigation was opened
Ernest Atencio was taken off life support after he was found unresponsive in his jail cell with marks from a stun gun on his body
Assistant Attorney General: “We will not tolerate corrections officers engaging in this behavior with institutionalized persons”
Bruce Tuck was sentenced to 20 years with no parole to be added to the 60-year, no-parole sentence he already is serving for rapes
The NY DOC says the COs were only charged after a four month investigation that also involved the state police
Four officers were arrested on felony charges of gang assault, conspiracy and tampering with physical evidence
Prosecutors said Harry Nicoletti sexually assaulted some inmates and enticed others into attacking fellow inmates
Former Arapahoe County Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. was released a day after a judge reduced his bond from $500,000 to $50,000
Critics claim more than 400 sex crimes reported during 3-year period were poorly investigated or not worked at all
The investigation will focus on allegations the prison failed to protect prisoners from attacks and sexual assaults
Investigators said the woman claimed she was in a relationship with the inmate and the two began talking in May
Charges involve assault, smuggling
Patrick Sullivan was arrested over allegations he offered methamphetamine in exchange for sex
Prior court testimony and records show Eric Cureton obtained a check from the fund, scanned it into a laptop rented by a cohort and used software to create counterfeit copies
Authorities say 43-year-old Molly Gross sexually assaulted the victims at the Indiana County Jail
Jim Hammond said the department’s excessive force policy may be revisited after two corrections deputies did not follow procedure with an intoxicated inmate
Officer was sentenced to 30 months probation
Joe Kirby confessed after his June arrest, saying that he had been receiving $150 for every cellphone he smuggled into prison
Some deputies were allowed to remain working in the county’s lockups after being convicted of crimes or found guilty of serious misconduct
Molly Gross is being held in the jail she once guarded, according to police
Jacob Olson admitted to officers that he was a regular heroin user
Jayme Biendl was killed in the chapel of the Washington State Reformatory at Monroe
Suspects are accused of involvement in a ring that was trying to traffic automatic rifles, handguns, stolen cigarettes and slot machines
William Grady Sims, who’s the mayor of Walnut Grove and the former warden of Walnut Grove Transition Center, was indicted on two federal charges last week
Robert Alioto, a warehouse supervisor who was not a sworn correctional officer, was arrested at San Quentin
Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Majority of detention officers are hardworking
Offender was jailed in 2009 for involuntary manslaughter
Offender got mixed in with a group of inmates who were to be released and was set freed with them
Sgt. Thomas Messina said he often felt his authority was being undermined