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 suit accuses a CO of failing to tour the unit and leaving his post unstaffed the night an inmate died of a heart attack; after the CO departed, there was no floor officer in the housing unit for the next 15 hours
Nakie Nunley pleaded guilty last year to four counts of sexual abuse of a ward and five lesser felonies of abusive sexual contact of five women
The CO’s sentence was the longest against six former officers sentenced in connection with an assault on an inmate at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
Each of the defendants also was charged with making false statements to the FBI
Inmates reported having purchased Subutex, also known as buprenorphine, from CO inside the jail
The case is the first of a handful stemming from a wide-ranging FBI investigation into the county jails
Documents say surveillance video captured one of the jailers stepping over inmate
Bland was arrested after a traffic stop then was found dead in her cell three days later
Coroners listed inmate’s cause of death as ‘in-custody death with application of physical restraints’
Allegedly punched and stomped the inmate after he had been handcuffed, shackled and Maced
Fellow officers testified man was handcuffed on the ground
The result of an ongoing investigation into serious policy violations including prisoners being able to change clothes and leave the jail at will
Officers were conducting a shakedown on inmate Amanda Chavez’s cell when the footage shows officers pepper spraying and tackling Chavez to the ground without provocation
An informant says Stephanie Lewis brought the inmate marijuana every week in exchange for her to be able to purchase several items at one store and a credit line at another
Jeff Dewayne Bully, 45, was charged Wednesday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with five counts of rape
Nine employees have resigned or been fired as the result of a widening investigation into security breaches at a maximum-security Iowa prison
Christmas nearly pleaded guilty before reversing his position during a June change of plea hearing
Jessica M. Stringer stole the ID bracelet of another inmate who was set to be released
The state paid her $35,000 to settle and denied any liability or wrongdoing
Armando Ozuna, 24, was sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide
Oklahoma’s attorney general has agreed to not request execution dates until 2016 as his office investigates why the state used the wrong drug to execute an inmate
Former jail commander Lt. Col. Royce Cole will be demoted to captain of the Arrestee Processing Center
A former Newton County detention officer who sexually assaulted two female inmates will spend 25 years of a life sentence behind bars
Commissioner Mark Peters of the city’s Department of Investigation said Sunday that 47-year-old Charles Bracey concealed the tool in a paper sleeve, wrapped in electrical tape
Sgts. Krista Cox, Eric Sullivan and Carrie Taylor were terminated for dereliction of duty
Nick Lackovich who is suspected of running a dog-fighting operation
Iowa prison officials are considering upgrades in an effort to catch employees who might illegally smuggle contraband into prisons
More charges possible in smuggling, drug investigation
Ethan Darrow pleaded guilty Monday to a felony charge of possession of a firearm by an unlawful drug user
Originally fired for part he played in a 2014 hostage situation
A prison employee is Lexington is accused of taking more than $22,000 in bribes to smuggle tobacco to inmates
Deputy Ryan Saunders and Deputy Mark Navarrete were arrested on Friday for worker’s compensation fraud and other charges
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