The Staff Misconduct topic area 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.
In addition to a 43-month prison sentence, the ex-CO was sentenced to two years of supervised release and will have to forfeit the $77,894 he obtained illegally
Two prison officials and four nurses were charged with involuntary manslaughter following a state police investigation; Two COs face charges of misconduct
Both the CO and nurse were charged with violating the man’s civil rights “by showing deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, resulting in his death"
Epstein was agitated and unable to sleep, jail officials observed in newly obtained records. He complained he was struggling to adapt to life behind bars
A federal grand jury indicted three correctional officers, accusing two of them of beating an inmate who was handcuffed and trying to cover it up in written reports
The indictment charges two former corrections officers and an ex-deputy with misdemeanor counts of battery and simple battery as well as a felony count