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.
The officer deployed the device during a dispute while distributing food trays, striking multiple COs with TASER wires
Prosecutors say the FCI Aliceville officer sexually assaulted seven incarcerated women between 2022 and 2024
Investigators said the corrections officer escorted a handcuffed detainee into a jail “blind spot,” where he and two officers knocked him down and repeatedly struck him
Prosecutors said Scott Robert Tardy targeted an FBI agent and his family with violent online threats, shared their home address and attempted to destroy evidence before his arrest
A Jefferson Parish jail officer pleaded guilty to falsifying nearly 2,000 hours of time records
One FMC Lexington corrections officer brought in drug-laced papers while another accepted payments and had sexual contact with an inmate, court records show
The Atwater corrections officer said she feared for her life, but video showed the inmate walking away before she pursued and punched him
The jury awarded $8.3 million after attorneys questioned the need for five Sedgwick County officers to restrain a 135-pound juvenile in a prone position for approximately 39 minutes
A former training officer was ordered to serve up to four years in prison for molesting two corrections officer trainees at SCI Dallas
The former Southern Desert Correctional Center warden is charged with attempted robbery and battery after a reported drunken dispute with a colleague at a work event
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The CO knew about the knife and helped the inmate destroy evidence after the attempted murder at Turbeville prison, according to a warrant
Michael Fisher was one of 10 officers charged in the 2024 death of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility
David Ferrone was given a one-year conditional discharge after pleading guilty to planting a knife to justify use of force in the case of inmate Messiah Nantwi
The former Dannemora mayor, who is currently a DOCCS civilian employee, allegedly arranged brief municipal work to qualify retiring corrections officers for higher-tier benefits
Although he never touched Robert Brooks, Michael Fisher is accused of violating his duty to intervene as fellow officers assaulted the inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility
The Durham County detention sergeant admitted to taking a $500 bribe to bring contraband to a murder suspect described as a high-ranking gang member
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
Authorities say the employee was armed for more than six hours inside the Casper Reentry Center before a co-worker reported the incident
David Kingsley, the only officer found guilty at trial, was caught on video lifting inmate Robert Brooks by the neck before the fatal assault
David Walters was sentenced to up to 7 years for manslaughter in Robert Brooks’ death, but claims policy violations do not equal criminal conduct
A Jessup Correctional Institution correctional sergeant allegedly moved thousands of pills while others trafficked synthetic drugs, phones, luxury goods and tobacco
The Hamilton County corrections officer allegedly used his uniform belt to strike an inmate twice in a hallway out of view of security cameras, the sheriff’s office said
Two former corrections officers received 22 years in prison for first-degree manslaughter, while two others were sentenced for lesser charges
The CO planted a sharpened 4.5-inch piece of plexiglass in an inmate’s cell, then filed four false reports, the DA said
Cortlen Flax was convicted of official misconduct and simple assault after striking an inmate who later filed a civil rights lawsuit
The 32-year-old Yates County CO consumed alcohol before his shift and was arrested after arriving at the jail around 3 p.m.
One officer allegedly worked two state jobs while another forged 22 medical notes, prosecutors say
The Pinellas County sheriff fired a lieutenant, sergeant and three deputies after one inmate was mocked and photographed while exposed and another was sprayed with Lysol
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