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 head of the Special Investigations Unit used a DOC pool car 118 times for non-official trips, allegedly parking it in a Bronx police lot to avoid GPS alerts when leaving the city
Joe L. Binder was convicted of baton assault during an altercation that injured multiple inmates and two COs, prompting ADOC to require supervisors to wear body cameras
The Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center sergeant was charged with assault after bodycam video showed her striking an inmate multiple times with a TASER, breaking the device
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
Two additional COs were charged with lying on official documents about the assaults on Tuesday
Sheriff Victor Hill was indicted on federal charges Tuesday for using a restraint chair to punish inmates
Dietary Sgt. Linda Lomax is accused of smuggling hundreds of strips of Suboxone on her person into the facility
Commissioner Paul Schnell called the CO’s actions “deeply disturbing and contrary to the mission and values of the Department of Corrections”
“We found opportunities for improvement in the way that DYS delivered care for this youth,” an official said
Both had been suspended with pay while an investigation into the February incident took place
The inmate had visible injuries and was provided medical attention
Valentino Rodriguez Jr. was “throwing up all the time at work and hyperventilating” from depression and PTSD
Former prisoners, advocates and federal investigators have long raised concerns about the office’s effectiveness
Four sheriff’s officers and a nurse were charged in the 2019 death of Paul Bulthouse
Twenty lawsuits were filed by current and former inmates who say they were direct victims of sexual misconduct
The lawsuit claims the CO had a history of similar attacks on new medical staff as a “form of training exercise”
Two inmates alleged physical and mental abuse, threats and harassment and the use of racial slurs by COs
The CO was previously fired for her role in an earlier incident in which a suspected burglar was mistakenly released in 2019
It’s the Commission of Correction’s third lawsuit attempt to force the sheriff to abide by the rules imposed on local jails
The judge made her ruling after reviewing dozens of declarations submitted on behalf of disabled inmates
According to officials, the officers used their feet and a collapsible baton to assault the unnamed inmate
Willie Hedden entered the plea to two counts of civil rights violations and one count of providing misleading information
The charges arise from an incident that occurred after a federal pre-trial detainee reportedly squirted a mixture of urine, yogurt and milk onto a CO
A colleague who witnessed the incident said the CO slapped the inmate after the inmate cursed at her
A report that found wardens referred just 541 complaints out of more than 50,000 to the new internal affairs unit during a five month period