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
Suit alleges sex acts between inmates and officers, inmate fights were allowed, and inmates were stripped in held in isolation
The officer was arrested Oct. 16, 2009, hours after a female police officer discovered him in a jail cell with the prisoner
Prison spokesman says the staffers who are being disciplined did not follow policy in an escape that led to a man’s death
The inmate died of penile cancer that went untreated while he was held in a federal detention center awaiting deportation
Tapes show the man conspired to extort money from drug dealers in exchange for protection from investigation
Complaint says jailers regularly put stun guns in a “drive stun” mode designed to cause continuous pain to someone resisting an officer
Jury reaches verdict after three days; Man faces decades in jail for killing wife, laborer in staged robbery
Sgt. Eric Asbury, 32, was arrested Sept. 28 on charges of criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual penetration, according to records
Counselor found guilty by a federal jury of a single count of conspiracy to provide contraband to inmates, to accept bribes, and to commit assault and one count of soliciting a crime of violence
The inmate apparently died in a medical unit at the prison after suffering what other prisoners described as systematic abuse by officers
The Wisconsin investigator who revealed alleged sexual abuse committed by an officer claims to have been threatened by union employees
The ex-jailers lied to FBI agents regarding the mental state of an inmate who died in custody two years ago
Busted after attempting to buy drugs from undercover detectives
Ranking officer said to have committed fraternization with female inmate at Metropolitan Detention Center
Officer arrested for domestic violence; supervisor allegedly took bribes to get inmates out of jail
Inmates claim their food was poisoned by jail employees as a prank
Some ask whether incidents caught on tape are hindering officers
Has been suspended five times and received three written reprimands during his 18-year police career
After the officers falsified evidence in a slew of cases, charges have been dropped against 200 suspects
Lydell B. Sherrer, a deputy commissioner, is accused of approaching a laid-off corrections worker and offering to save the worker’s job for $10,000
Agents found him with 11 ounces of fake cocaine
Investigators say the former director of food services for NY’s prisons took favors in exchange for steering contracts
Seven of the 19 suspects were detained Monday
They were discovered by an on-duty sheriff’s deputy patrolling nearby
The deputy reported the inmate had threatened him
Woman claims she was thrown to the ground when her cell phone rang
Inmates were sent in official vehicles to carry out drug-related killings, including the massacre of 17 people
They will be confined to house arrest and monitored electronically while they await trial
The three are expected to be indicted in the planning of another robbery