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.
Gregory Rodriguez, 47, was sentenced to 224 years for sexually assaulting nine inmates over an 11-year period at the women’s prison in Chowchilla
Several employees at the Calico Rock prison were suspended and another demoted for allowing inmates to use an outdoor kitchen dock unsupervised
The Allegheny County Jail officer was recorded holding a barbed wire bat and saying “I don’t give a [expletive], [racial slur]-beater” in a video posted online
The three officers have been put on leave, pending further investigation
Ann Inman was charged with one count of third-degree theft by failure to make required disposition of property received
A probation officer has resigned and her friend has been arrested for borrowing that officer’s badge and gun to get free snacks
A fourth CO has been charged with a felony over use of force captured on video by an inmate using a smuggled cellphone
Jennifer Cromartie, a CO at the Tutwiler women’s prison, filed the complaint and a request for a jury trial on Aug. 7
COs on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself are suspected of falsifying log entries
The indictment describes how inmates spoke openly on recorded prison phone lines about drug shipments and coordinated how to get them into the facility
If we can predict that some staff may fall victim to manipulation or corruption, then we can put measures in place to help to prevent it
The inmate is one of three inmates released by mistake from the jail in a three-month span
The video was taken by an inmate using a smuggled cellphone
The post was in response to outrage over cops being doused with water
Detectives found that during a six-day period in June, CO had logged 49 visual checks on inmates but video evidence showed he didn’t perform 34 of them
The five-minute video was filmed July 8 though a window screen by an unidentified inmate
We need to support those who do the right thing
A website that monitors law enforcement officers’ Facebook posts is prompting investigations in many agencies
The family of an inmate who died of an apparent seizure while imprisoned was awarded $2 million
A jury found that supervisors retaliated against the warden for defending a female subordinate who complained about sexual harassment
Last month, four Texas COs were fired and two resigned after authorities found their posts inappropriate
The court agreed to reverse the firing of the officer and instead allow her to resign
The fallout from the #FeelingCute challenge is just the latest example of an issue that keeps coming up in the digital age
After spotting the images on a then-open officers’ Facebook group, inmate families began emailing department officials with screenshots, demanding action
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
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