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 findings are the latest in a series of independent investigations that have blamed the sheriff’s department and its staff for contributing to San Diego County jail deaths
Four officers were charged with second-degree murder and a fifth was charged with involuntary manslaughter; the COs were part of the Missouri DOC Emergency Response Team
The Saginaw County Jail officer was fired and later charged with assault and battery
Nick Gordon was accused of giving Brown a ‘toxic cocktail’ before putting her face-down in the bathtub where she was found unresponsive
The discovery of drugs on a food service worker is the latest in a series of incidents since the state privatized its prison food service
The suit alleges that Michael A. Carter’s death was the result of medical malpractice and denial of medical care, as the defendants ‘improperly confiscated and withheld’ diabetic medication
The Virginia attorney general is asking the DOJ to investigate a regional jail after the deaths of two inmates
Cases in NC and elsewhere are being re-examined to see if there are problems with evidence or witness testimony, or suggestions of misconduct by police or prosecutors
James Travis Adkins said he is now paralyzed because of a spinal infection that went untreated after COs thought he was faking
Federal prison inmates produced combat helmets for the U.S. military with defective materials, shoddy workmanship and deceptive practices
The city is effectively operating a debtors’ prison that imposes hefty fines and jail time for thousands of poor people whose checks bounce
Cathy Woods has sued officials in Nevada and Louisiana, alleging civil rights violations and malicious prosecution
CO Adam Jason Spindler smuggled drugs into Goose Creek Correctional Center over 3 months and was paid $1,400
The officials were found in violation of a long-standing population control that was designed to prevent crowding after the 1980 Santa Fe riot
Two-hundred strips of suboxone, with an estimated value of more than $20,000, were reportedly confiscated from CO Mark Wooten
The sheriff says the COs knew about the attack on an inmate and did not act
Both Valdosta State Prison employees have a charge of furnishing prohibited items to inmates
Kenneth Dewitt, who worked in the women’s prison, was accused of coercing inmates into sex acts
The charges come just days after Baca withdrew a guilty plea and said he would go to trial before he is crippled by Alzheimer’s disease so he could “set the record straight”
The warden at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and the warden at California Institution for Women retired last week
The two employees were charged with “separate and distinct violations”
The decision came after failed negotiations to reach a new sentencing deal
Baca’s choices are letting the judge impose a term of up to five years in federal prison or withdrawing his guilty plea and going to trial
Scott Patric Keblis exchanged the gifts, and $30, for 26 of the parolee’s prescription hydrocodone pills
Victoria A. Long was charged with five counts of delivering illegal articles to inmates
A Crawford County CO mistakenly released Joshua Keith Ussery “due to an oversight”
The drugs were found by fellow officers during a shift change
Norman Seabrook entered the plea Friday in his federal indictment in Manhattan
Federal prosecutors say as many as 11 others could face criminal charges
Six months “would not address the gross abuse of the public’s trust… including the need to restore the public’s trust in law enforcement”
Inmate stared down a jail chief
Inmates are in grave danger of having their constitutional rights violated in a violence-plagued jail
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