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.
Only “a small group” of women were still being held at FCI Dublin, with the majority of its 605 inmates having been sent to other federal facilities
The CO is asking the court to reverse the board’s decision, removing the termination letter from his personnel file and giving him back pay
The items sold to inmates included 173 cell phones, headphones, screen protectors, phone chargers, sim cards and other types of contraband, the indictment said
Efrain Mendoza is charged with a total of 10 felony counts five counts of forgery, three counts of accepting a bribe and two counts of soliciting a bribe
Two volunteers say they heard deputies yell “stop fighting” as deputies pummeled inmates
The inquiries include allegations that deputies broke an inmate’s jaw and other facial bones and beat another man for two minutes while he was unconscious
Former Sheriff Greg Solano was booked into the Santa Fe County jail to begin serving his three month sentence for selling Sheriff’s Office property on eBay
DNA test allegedly linked him to the crime
A Knox County juvenile corrections officer is on administrative leave following a drug-related arrest over the weekend, authorities said
Official said said he believes the girl was taken into the prison by someone intending to charge prisoners money to have sex with her
In jail since May awaiting trial for burglary of a habitation and family assault charges, Laura Elizalde, 25, said Marco Cedillo, 38, sexually assaulted her at least six times
Kim Wolfe was a 19-year veteran at the Nassau County jail
Man’s arrest followed a year-long investigation by the state police
Surveillance videos show the first inmate wander into the second inmate’s cell and punch him repeatedly
Parole official improperly worked to keep man behind bars by secretly handing over information to Justice Department officials
The offender, Kristopher Stapleston was arrested on public intoxication charges and was handcuffed and waiting to be processed at a city jail
Police: Efrain Mendoza falsified records of six inmates since March 2010 in exchange for cash and services, including getting tattoos
The cartoon depicts a jail official as a clown who gives ridiculous reasons for refusing to book a suspect brought in by a police officer
Richard Bradberry, 54, is suspected of abusing inmates
Inmates said they regularly played Truth or Dare when he was on duty
Two inmates, Alejandro Alvarado Rucz and Sergio Bustamante, will be formally charged with homicide
Officer at state prison has been arrested and accused of intimidating another officer at the alleged victim’s home
Cpl. Jerry Melbert is accused of pulling the zipper on a woman’s blouse and placing his finger in the woman’s cleavage
Surveillance video shows alleged mistreatment by Ottawa police
Prosecutors say Alfred Casas smuggled hacksaw blades in several tacos in exchange for two bottles of Xanax
A Hamilton County jailer was booked into the same lockup he normally guards after being accused of molesting a woman on a dance floor
When a Monroe prison official was killed in the facility’s chapel earlier this year, a co-worker assigned to monitor the area was actually working in a separate part of the complex
Mark Walker pleaded guilty to using his position to force one of the women to have sex with him
State determined getting fired was punishment enough
Correctional Officer Jerome Prusa and Heriberto Viramontes’ girlfriend Kira Lundgren were arrested minutes after the cannabis was taken into the facility
Officer allegedly spanked a female inmate there after inquiring if she was a “bad girl”