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 posts allegedly included criticism of President Donald Trump, support for Antifa and a video titled “Old Man Trump”
Two corrections officers were promised 22 years in prison in exchange for the guilty plea, while two others face 3 to 9 years for their roles in the fatal assault at Marcy Correctional Facility
Charles Adair resisted officers after medical treatment, prompting a restraint in which a deputy knelt on his back
The watchdog report came on the same day another report revealed the city spends more than $550K per inmate each year
Robert Garcia, a 12-year law enforcement veteran, said he acted to protect another officer
Nearly 2,000 cases need to be resolved, some of which have been pending for more than three years
Maria Olga Tahara says she was physically and verbally harassed by her officer in charge; the jury agreed
Two-thirds of the criminal cases against DOJ personnel in recent years have involved federal prison workers
The officer had only worked with the sheriff’s office for about 17 weeks
“The fact that we arrested a chart-topping rap artist and a corrections officer illustrates just how vile the drug trade has become”
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
