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.
Body camera video, released by the state attorney general, shows multiple Marcy Correctional Facility COs striking Robert Brooks, who later died in a hospital
The New York AG called the video of Robert Brooks’ death “shocking;” 14 Marcy Correctional Facility COs and employees were fired in response
The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office employees allegedly disguised the theft by replacing stolen cash with check disbursements from the Inmate Trust Fund bank account
Crystal meth, alcohol and knives were among the contraband detected during a search of the trainee
Andre Bacsa made headlines earlier this week for assaulting 3 inmates in 17 days; at least 1 has a mental illness
About 90 minutes of footage can be viewed on the attorney general’s website
The CO also provided the inmate with razors and intel on when cell inspections would take place, the assistant sheriff said
The assault was carried out on Dec. 3, 2020, by several inmates
One of the 10 COs charged in the incident filed an emergency request last week
The COs are accused of allowing inmates to severely injure each other in two separate incidents
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The COs union says it’s committed to working with a new administration to “enhance credibility, effectiveness, and operations”
Kyle Harris had been suspended pending an investigation since May 21
Gov. Murphy said he was “deeply disturbed and disgusted” after reviewing a new investigative report detailing attacks on inmates earlier this year
Investigators have executed a search warrant at the corrections deputy’s home
He now faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison
Sheriff Victor Hill was charged in April with violating the civil rights of inmates by punishing them with restraint chairs
“Had they been doing their job, they would have not escaped,” said Sheriff Vern Warnke
Jeffrey Green was previously sentenced to nine months in prison for the 2016 assault
Both COs had been fired for the assaults that took place last summer
One defendant allegedly pocketed over $40,000 in bribes between June 2019 and September 2020
The CO was taken into custody when he reported to Allegheny County Jail for his shift on Thursday
The incident was one of several detailed in a semiannual report describing discipline in the CDCR
A contraband officer noticed some of the wrappers looked like they’d been altered with glue
Clips released last week show the deputies repeatedly using stun guns and kneeling on the back of a mentally ill inmate
Video of the encounter shows Paul Gorder, dressed in a DOC T-shirt, yelling obscenities at BLM protesters
The booking area of Marion County Jail had been left without a supervisor for 17 minutes
Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter spoke candidly with the press on Wednesday about the most recent arrest among members of his staff
The deputy “made no attempt to pursue or track down the inmate who was under her direct supervision,” according to an IA report
The lawsuit was one of several brought against the county over problems at the jail
COs have been accused of conspiring with inmates to orchestrate two murders of other prisoners
The state will likely spend almost $2.8 million on outside lawyers, in addition to potential settlements
The city’s DOC must report all complaints from detainees at the city’s two jails since 2017
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