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 Travis County CO was terminated the same day he was arrested and charged with bringing contraband into a correctional facility
Investigators found the corrections officer’s actions were improper but not criminal under state or federal law
The inmates broke free in May by escaping through a wall behind a toilet in the Orleans Parish jail
Lethal injections were put on hold after Alabama called off two due to difficulties establishing IV access and another execution was delayed because of IV line problems
Rebecca Hillman is the first correction officer convicted and incarcerated for committing criminally negligent homicide on the job, the DA said
As inmates attempted to stop the attack, one was stabbed in the chest
The federal monitor that oversees the city’s compliance with the decree has expressed concern about the Emergency Services Unit’s propensity for violence
Inmates who were in single and double cells were moved to a communal setting and about 20 “ringleaders” decided to “stir the pot” in protest
Alan Kettina had been employed as a correctional officer in the Cook County sheriff’s department until Sunday when he was de-deputized
Former CO Asia Love attested in a 2019 affidavit that Jeroid Price, then an inmate at Lieber Correctional Institution, saved her co-worker’s life
The agreement will end the DOJ’s lawsuit which alleged the sheriff’s office allowed female COs at the Mobile Metro Jail to be exposed to sexual harassment from inmates
Potter was released from the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee and will be on supervised release until December
The officers pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of willful neglect of duty and were sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $1,000
“The pervasive issue of insufficient or inadequate rounding and supervision was present in five of the seven deaths,” the Board of Correction said
The four have their sentencing postponed as there are additional “targets” that will face charges for participating in or covering up the assault
One inmate’s father said the hunger strike was “all about being treated like a human”
Six inmates have died in 2022 due to drug overdoses compared to one death in 2021
Officials began investigating the commissary, which is managed by the sheriff’s office, after receiving a complaint that it was donating expired food
Teamsters Local 839 wants access to the jail to meet with their employees to investigate complaints
Anthony Mitchell died of hypothermia after spending two weeks in a jail during a mental health break
A judge gave the CO a sentence nearly one-quarter the length of the 20 years handed to two other COs involved in the incident
The details came to light after a public health emergency order was issued for the center earlier this week
Gov. Katie Hobbs said executions won’t be carried out until they can be confident that the state isn’t violating constitutional rights
The order comes days after a top-level employee was fired and a second employee was reassigned following the alleged sexual assault of a child
Todd Sheffler said he accepted responsibility “for what I did or didn’t do” that caused the inmate’s death
A lawsuit accuses the county and the sheriff’s department of failing to provide adequate medical and mental healthcare in the jail
Director: “In many cases, conditions were not found to be as described,” but county has “identified some areas for improvement”
A report from a public defender claims youth detainees are living in squalid conditions with limited access to healthcare and education
Rebecca Hillman faces up to four years in prison after a jury convicted her of denying help to an inmate who hanged himself in a cell
The use of restraint chairs and lawful authority were at the center of deliberations that deadlocked the jury more than once
Attorney for nurses said allegations “have spawned numerous social media and other very adversarial threats”
The agency said transfers can happen “for a variety of reasons” and “will not be retaliatory”
The man claims officers allowed him to be assaulted by other inmates while being held in the Woodbury County Jail
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