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.
While one CO was seated and writing a report at the Saginaw County Jail, his colleague drew her TASER and used it to deliver a drive-stun under the CO’s arm
The cop, who had worked for Pearl PD for about six months after having worked at other law enforcement agencies in the Jackson area, pleaded guilty in March
Eric Nantell was a sergeant at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in July 2018 when three COs assaulted an inmate in a shower, according to court documents
Worker downloaded images depicting babies, preteens and early adolescents in various sexual settings, including bondage
5 other officers are accused of helping cover up the beating at New Jersey State Prison
On Tuesday, former correctional officer Dwayne Jones admitted he brought cannabis to work and was sentenced to 18 months probation
The female officers working at Rikers Island are sex-starved and promiscuous with the prisoners they are there to keep in line, says a former officer
Brandon McKinney, 34, is charged with sexual abuse of a ward, which carries a maximum 15 years in prison
Two current corrections officers and two former workers have been charged with dealing cocaine at the Pennsylvania facility
Deal made after a lawsuit alleged that jailers routinely used stun guns on inmates who pose no threat
The prison administrators delivered a television to a private residence last month in a county-owned vehicle
Juan M. Canales, 42, of Dover Township, had been charged with simple assault, reckless driving and five counts of reckless endangerment
The cook, a non-sworn employee of the Sheriff’s Department, supervised the victims and several other women in the kitchen at the Orange County Jail
Jason Ellis will return to work with a demotion and 30-day suspension
A surveillance camera recorded a sheriff’s deputy forcing a man face down into raw sewage
An investigation revealed that the deputy planned to have a physical relationship with an inmate once he was transferred to a state prison
Woman was arrested Dec. 29, 2009, on suspicion of stealing $3,000 worth of merchandise from a Target store
Chastain Montgomery Sr. faces two counts of unlawfully killing an employee of the United States
Officer recently backed out of a deal saying he could come back to work provided he accept a demotion to sergeant and what amounts to a 30-day suspension
Corrections officer David Padilla was blamed when a New York inmate escaped five years ago
The officers were arrested on criminal charges stemming from an alleged assault of an inmate during a prison strike in December, officials said.
Jurors late Monday acquitted John Paul Hernandez on 14 counts in 11 indictments that alleged he sexually abused five inmates at in 2004 and 2005
Youth prison principal is accused of abusing inmates
The man reportedly sold 14 grams of cocaine to an undercover police officer
Claims she was treated illegally during her 2008 arrest
Deputy was charged with tampering with evidence, culpable negligence, aggravated battery and three counts of official misconduct
The inmate had unleashed a barrage of insults on the deputy during a ride to the county jail
Suit seeks more than $250,000 in compensatory and punitive damages from Lackawanna County
The Rikers Island officer let her sweetheard, a Bloods gang member, call inmates in other jails
Inmates claim they were forced to remain naked for hours and rub an anti-lice cream on their bodies
The worker is accused of brazenly using his job to prey on the underage girls in his custody at the Manhattan Family Court building.