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 DOJ said Alvin S. Glenn COs learned of two inmate killings from outsider calls: one via voicemail and another by someone watching a Facebook Live of the killing
The Brooks family’s federal lawsuit against the COs calls for criminal charges and reform, citing systemic abuse at Marcy Correctional Facility
The investigation started when an inmate’s parents came to visit him at Indian Creek Correctional Center, smuggling buprenorphine, Naloxone strips and meth
The challenge has drawn scrutiny to some government employees who’ve allegedly made insensitive remarks
Three former members of NY DOC will receive a settlement after alleged discrimination behind bars
The deputy is sentenced to 30 days in prison but will be able to go to work during that time
The nurse has been charged with poisoning her husband and setting their home on fire
The COs were acquitted of felony charges of aggravated assault
A grand jury has indicted the ex-officers and inmates in a jailhouse beating of one inmate and a rape of another
The girlfriend of the man accused of fatally shooting five people says he has been fascinated with the idea of killing
The escaped Wyo. inmate and correctional facility employee accused of helping him break out were arrested in Georgia
The officers claim the discrimination has gone on for years with no help from leadership
“Despite the claims set forth in her lawsuit, [the deputy] was terminated after she posted a photograph of an incarcerated individual on social media, and was observed visiting him while in the jail,” an official said
The officer had disclosed past drug use, including abuse of prescription drugs, LSD and cocaine, on his application
A sheriff’s office spokesman said the officers were work-release deputies who accepted bribes and transported an inmate during a night shift to a motel to have sex with a deputy
The officer said he was passed over for promotion in January after reporting sexual misconduct allegations against his supervisor
John R. Gallagher, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree sexual assault in August
The officers were trying to smuggle contraband into two separate facilities
The officer must forfeit $15,000 in bribe payments, and register as a sex offender
Laurie Watt, 47, admitted to trying to bribe a fellow CO for access to an inmate
Valerie Victor said she’d had “non-professional relationships” with four inmates
The move was an attempt to put an end to some sheriffs’ longstanding practice of pocketing “excess” state money they receive to feed state inmates
The lawyer pressed a “duress button” and even banged on a glass window before two deputies finally came to let her out
An inmate told the DOC the CO had said he was willing to smuggle in “anything except needles and heroin”
The officer allegedly then messaged her on social media about her tattoos and scars
Investigation only began after one official felt another had ‘cheated’ at the game
The U.S. Department of Justice opened a federal civil rights investigation into sexual abuse of inmates in July
The family of the man who died claim jail staff failed to ensure the man took needed medication, did not monitor his cell as required and covered up their acts
Garfield County Sheriff Jerry Niles had been charged for the death of an inmate who was confined in a restraining chair for more than two days
Two former inmates at a Maine prison say a CO ignored another inmate’s repeated requests to be moved before he was found dead
Perhaps the most common form of corruption in prisons is the smuggling in of contraband
Norman Seabrook was arrested in 2016 on conspiracy and fraud charges
Kashka Meadors was charged after ordering the water turned off in a jail cell leading to the dehydration death of an inmate
