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.
Prosecutors say Lt. Chad Lester ordered false reports and threatened fellow officers after the 2022 in-custody death of Southern Regional Jail inmate Quantez Burks
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The CO admitted in court to cleaning up blood and not reporting it following Robert Brooks’ death
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
Pain medication prescribed to the man in 2008 for a back injury turned his life upside down
Dangerous violence has continued even after a move to new facilities last September
The city instead is using weaker metal detectors that investigations have shown can allow blades to slip through
The officer was charged with 25 counts of obtaining property by false pretense
It’s not clear if these cases are related to charges recently filed against a state CO
The indictment alleges sheriff used his position to promote sale of e-cigarettes in the jail in exchange for bribes and kickbacks
Multiple sources familiar with the broader excessive force probe said more arrests are possible in the coming months
The inmate said he was attacked for no reason, officers say he pushed a sergeant
In addition to the criminal investigation, feds are reviewing whether there has been a pattern of civil rights violations
The lawsuit alleges jail officials failed to provide inmate with adequate mental health services
While the letter doesn’t explicitly say so, what the governors want is permission to jam cellphone signals behind bars
In the rest, inmates served more time than they should have
Prison officials found marijuana wrapped in black tape
Four of the COs still remain suspended after the incident
An increasing gang population, now 70 percent or so of the jail population, has created challenges for jail staff
The problems with distributing medication at the juvenile prison come on top of a federal criminal investigation
The four officers were taken to an area hospital for medical assessment and treatment
After receiving some medical treatment at the prison’s health care center, he was moved to the hospital cell
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