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.
The LaRue County Detention Center deputy was arrested after appearing in uniform during a livestream where he made racist and threatening remarks while on duty
Joshua Butler escaped by removing a sink, crawling through a plumbing chase and exiting through a door that had a water-damaged lock at the Okfuskee County Jail
Authorities say the employee was armed for more than six hours inside the Casper Reentry Center before a co-worker reported the incident
Federal prosecutors said the CO stood by during two separate attacks on men incarcerated at Bayside State Prison in December 2019
After speaking with Gwinnett County deputies, the man returned to his car, placed his child inside, then retrieved a shotgun and aimed it at the officers
The plot was thwarted after the targeted Fulton County Jail officers found tracking devices attached to the bottom of their vehicles
Cibola County Correctional Center COs recently found more than 1,000 fentanyl pills, several ounces of heroin and a half pound of meth inside the prison
The multi-agency sweep was “preplanned and coordinated to ensure the safety and security” of staff and inmates at the facility, the BOP said
Five senior COs and one sergeant are accused of filing false reports regarding an incident that took place in April 2020 at the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility
The L.A. County DA said his office would recommend the brothers be given a sentence of 50 years to life, which would make them immediately eligible for parole
Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, who is wanted for a parole violation, pretended to be a “distressed” hiker to hide his crime, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said
The operation’s goal is to maintain a “safe environment for both our employees and the incarcerated individuals housed at MDC Brooklyn,” the BOP said
The former CO at Santa Ana Jail was fired after being accused of doctoring computer logs after an inmate died by suicide on his watch
The former “Chrisley Knows Best” star was fired after prison officials at the Pensacola facility caught him “associating with inmates” in the Residential Drug Abuse Program
CDCR should have dismissed, not demoted, a high-ranking administrator over his misconduct, the Office of the Inspector General stated
An inmate at the Virginia Beach jail died from “positional and mechanical asphyxia due to restraint with neck and torso compression,” according to the medical examiner
The men were being held at the Chesterfield County Detention Center, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
State officials didn’t say when the man escaped, but said the Cañon City Search Team was immediately activated and law enforcement was notified when COs noticed the escape
The coroner ruled Anthony Mitchell’s death a homicide, citing hypothermia and sepsis “resulting from infected injuries obtained during incarceration and medical neglect”
One of the COs observed that Tony Mitchell’s condition “would ultimately result in serious harm or even death” without medical intervention, according to her plea deal
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said it’s optimistic that it will soon have updated technological solutions, such as body scanners, to keep illegal narcotics out of the jails
The King County Jail inmate and his accomplice made phone calls to veterans posing as Veterans Affairs employees in a scheme to steal from their bank accounts
The CO was inside the Saginaw County Jail control tower when she walked behind a co-worker and used her TASER to deliver a drive-stun under the CO’s arm
The LA County DA said there was no question the brothers committed the murders but said the issue was whether the jury heard evidence that their father molested them
Conditions of confinement in Georgia’s prisons violate the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, the DOJ said
The inmate, a confirmed MS-13 gang member, is one of four inmates charged with killing K-9 Rivan and assaulting a corrections officer at Sussex I State Prison
A search of one of the two former Limestone County jail employees’ homes uncovered meth, marijuana, other drugs and drones, the Alabama DOC said
The inmate struck the dog hard enough that the dog had a concussion and scraped the inside of her pupil, Genesee County Sheriff Christopher Swanson said
About two minutes into the pursuit, the CO fired three rounds, wounding a passenger in the BMW, federal prosecutors said
CDCR said the suspect had participated in the state’s Conservation Camp Program from April through December 2018
The plea deal revealed the former Walker County CO “admitted that ‘collectively we did it. We killed him,” following an inmate’s death from hypothermia
Combs, 54, was sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn — a place that’s been described as “hell on earth” and an “ongoing tragedy”
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