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.
Operation Killing Time uncovered synthetic drug trafficking in the Orange County Jail, leading to the suspension of two corrections officers
Edward Aber is accused of accessing jail surveillance footage to view strip-search videos of at least 117 women at La Plata County Jail over five years
The three uniformed staffers were suspended after a 29-year-old inmate was found unconscious and unresponsive in a cell at the George R. Vierno Center
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
The CO is accused of failing to stop the crime and then ignoring concerns about the victim’s injuries
A detention officer was fired for failing to intervene during the incident
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
Closing Edna Mahan Correctional Facility will take years; here are 11 changes the report authors recommend now
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
