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.
Miguel Ortiz, a longtime correctional officer, has been charged with official misconduct after surveillance cameras captured him beating an inmate at Cook County Jail, prosecutors said Thursday.
A second corrections officer from the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the escape of two convicted murderers.
The lawyer representing a New York City jail guard, charged in connection with the death of a homeless ex-Marine in a 101-degree cell, defended his client, arguing that she is being made a scapegoat for the system’s dysfunction.