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.
Braxton Kee is the 14th Walker County Jail employee to be indicted or plead guilty in connection with the death of Tony Mitchell
Probation staff staged 69 teen “gladiator fights” within six months at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in 2023, investigators said
After being left unattended for nearly two hours, one inmate was able to break a window in the van and unlock the doors, allowing all seven to get out and call for help on an intercom
The 12-year employee and sergeant with the Piedmont Correctional Institute was arrested on multiple drug charges
A spokesperson for the department said the departures are not related to the indictments of 80 people in an alleged smuggling ring at the Eastern Correctional Institute
The longtime sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix has been charged with criminal contempt-of-court for ignoring a judge’s order in a racial-profiling case
Former Pa. CO Chad Holland has been convicted of animal cruelty charges in connection with the death of his K-9 partner last summer
Prosecutors say one of the four alleged victims in the Torry Chambers case chose not to testify at the trial and two felony counts that involve her have been dropped
Prosecutors have said Kathleen Kane abused her power to settle personal scores, ruining morale in her office and the state’s law enforcement community
An investigation into the former CO’s complaint found and “determined the evidence provided did not support a finding that she was harassed because of her gender”
Former Berrien County Sheriff Anthony Heath was sentenced to 30 months in prison for excessive force against two handcuffed suspects
Two Wash. COs violated jail policies in the fatal stabbing of an inmate, but neither violation contributed to circumstances leading to the attack by another inmate
Prosecutors said they will charge Sheriff Joe Arpaio with criminal contempt-of-court for defying a judge’s orders to end his signature immigration patrols in Ariz.
Officials say COs at Md.'s largest prison helped inmates smuggle narcotics, tobacco, pornography and cellphones in exchange for money and sex
Officials tried to cover up the death of an ill inmate who was gassed at least three times in a confinement cell as he screamed for help, a lawsuit alleges
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”
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