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 Oregon DOC released pre-dismissal letters after an investigation revealed racist language, hate speech and demeaning content shared by tactical team members
Nicholas Vitale was one of 10 corrections officers indicted in the death of inmate Messiah Nantwi
The 7th Circuit ruled consensual sex between a prison nurse and an inmate did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, despite concerns
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
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
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