Investigations
Investigations within correctional facilities are essential for uncovering misconduct, criminal activity, and policy violations. This directory provides articles and resources on conducting effective investigations, including evidence gathering, interviewing, and reporting techniques. Understanding the investigative process is crucial for maintaining integrity and safety within the facility. For more on related practices, visit our section on Escapes.
Staff Misconduct
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
Prison officials say the policy prevents perpetrators from gaining fame and stops inmates from sending coded messages, keeping prisons safer
K-9 Kimbo alerted deputies to a cell’s lower bunk, where they found a clear bag with small bags and blue latex glove fingertips containing unknown substances
When we see a fellow staff member – sworn or civilian – start down a slippery slope, we should try to get them back on the right path
Correctional staff at Central California Women’s Facility and California Institution for Women are accused of trading sexual favors for contraband and privileges, the DOJ says
State regulators warned the county that Los Padrinos did not reach a mandated ratio of one officer per 10 youths for 15 of 87 shifts in July
The trainer was standing in front of Lt. Rodney Osborne to give him additional instructions when he pulled the trigger, hitting Osborne just above his protective vest
A total of 981 people have died in Georgia prisons since 2021, including 207 this year alone, according to numbers from the Department of Corrections commissioner
Staff Misconduct
The DeSoto County jail employee was charged with conveying articles useful for the escape of a prisoner, the Mississippi DOC said
The Westmoreland County warden said the preliminary report wrongly claimed the inmate stuffed paper into the lock, misleading COs to think the door was secure
The inmate partially freed himself from his handcuffs and stabbed a Pelican Bay State Prison CO in his head and torso
The Pitchess Detention Center South Facility inmate reported the incident to jail staff, who discovered that several vehicles had also been struck by bullets
A U.S. Penitentiary prisoner plotted with two people to send him drugs that he could sell at the prison, prosecutors said; the shipment was disguised as “legal mail” from a law office
The inmate was sentenced to more than four years for his role in the 2018 fatal bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger at USP Hazelton
The idea is that the inmates will play card games, and perhaps they will know something about the case in the deck
The ex-warden, along with eight other Waupun staff members, have been charged with inmate abuse and misconduct following probes into two deaths at the facility
The report found FCI Dublin’s leaders failed at nearly every turn to keep inmates safe and ensure that their claims of sexual abuse were investigated properly
Staff Misconduct
The sheriff said all Broome County Correctional Facility staff will undergo formal training on use of force, de-escalation and duty to intervene
The White Pine County sheriff said that all three inmates died of stab wounds, or “multiple sharp force injuries” in a disturbance at Ely State Prison
The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office investigated the case over by monitoring inmates’ phone calls; the inmates planned drops and payments with their girlfriends using code words
A St. Louis City Jail CO sent out a distress call about a disturbance in one of the jail pods which eventually escalated into a stabbing
The CO is charged with one count of negligent homicide in connection with the shooting death of Lt. Rodney Osborne at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
After Steven Craig Johnson escaped Mill Creek Correctional Facility in 1994, Oregon DOC called him a pedophile who presented “a high probability of victimizing pre-teen boys”
Three current and former Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies conspired with an inmate to bring hollowed-out pens filled with Suboxone strips into the jail, officials said
Two COs at the Pima County Adult Detention Center were taken to the hospital for medical assessments, and others were treated by on-scene paramedics
In 2023, incarcerated students wrote to Los Rios Community College, criticizing the program for lacking proper counseling and teaching classes without books or computers
An inmate and an outside accomplice had described details of their plan to smuggle drugs into the Powell County Detention Center in recorded jail calls and chirp messages
The Wisconsin DOC said it “will continue to take action for the betterment of our institutions, safety of our staff and the wellbeing of those who are in our care”
The April 6, 2023, blaze, which injured 15 Rikers Island jail staffers and five inmates, was set by a 30-year-old inmate with a history of starting jailhouse fires
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