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 investigation started when an inmate’s parents came to visit him at Indian Creek Correctional Center, smuggling buprenorphine, Naloxone strips and meth
One of the most haunting aspects of this incident is not just the violence but the inaction of those present
The inmate died hours after multiple corrections officers were caught on bodycam video assaulting him at Marcy Correctional Facility
The officer also provided false information in documentation of the incident
The officer was arrested within hours of investigators receiving a tip
“I feel that I handled it the exact way that I was taught to handle situations like this,” the officer said; city officials disagreed
NJDOC’s Special Investigation Division installed a hidden camera that captured the abuse
“I don’t know how you can look at yourself in a mirror,” said Judge Patricia Cosgrove
No corrections officer or sheriff’s department employee who worked inside the jail wrote a letter on Ken Mills’ behalf
A second member of the same investigations unit who also complained of harassment and retaliation died of an accidental fentanyl overdose last year
“Inmates, regardless of who they are or why they are being detained in our detention facility are to be treated with respect and dignity,” the sheriff’s office said
The former warden of the jail had previously asked a judge to sentence him to life in prison
One arrest has been made so far involving cell phone smuggling to a death row inmate
Video “evidence showed that the officer acted inappropriately and below the standards of the Sheriff’s Office,” said the undersheriff
Brown rolling papers were also discovered inside three other highlighters
The man who once ran the jail now faces a potential sentence of nine months behind bars
The Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association believes the veteran CO should not have been charged with a crime
In one post, the YouTuber reads verbatim from emails Kelly sent while incarcerated in Chicago
“It doesn’t matter how nice the facility is if the people who run the facility don’t know how to properly operate it,” said Derick Allison
“This is not what we trained people to do,” said ODRC Director Annette Chambers-Smith
Don’t be misled into thinking the First Amendment protects you from becoming a social media career casualty
He was serving a 90-year sentence for having a sexual relationship with an inmate, with whom he plotted to kill his wife
The sheriff’s office said the video was meant “as a show of transparency”
“I’d say 20 to 30% of the officers were dirty,” a longtime prison employee said
The audit was launched after the former jail admin let an inmate out on a “gentlemen’s agreement” so he could receive dental care
“I hate to see the work of good cops undermined by the poor leadership of the sheriff,” said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo
The veteran detention deputy has been suspended without pay for the 2020 incident
The financial liabilities come despite the county spending upwards of $450 million on reforms
The inmate remains at large since his 2020 release
The jury found that the sheriff used unreasonable force to punish pretrial detainees on two separate occasions
The officer now faces up to 10 years in prison
The move comes weeks after a former CO was arrested for sexually abusing inmates
The lawsuit follows years of scrutiny and millions of dollars in damages paid to other former female employees