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 BOP stated that the bureau had “taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure — and most critical — employee misconduct”
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
Alan Kettina had been employed as a correctional officer in the Cook County sheriff’s department until Sunday when he was de-deputized
The deal marks one of the most expensive wrongful death settlements in recent history for the state prison system
The agreement will end the DOJ’s lawsuit which alleged the sheriff’s office allowed female COs at the Mobile Metro Jail to be exposed to sexual harassment from inmates
Potter was released from the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee and will be on supervised release until December
The COs admitted they witnessed fellow officers assault a nonviolent inmate who was lying face down in a shower cell wearing handcuffs and leg shackles
An arbitrator ruled that Anthony Marlak’s termination was an excessive response by the state Department of Correction
A judge gave the CO a sentence nearly one-quarter the length of the 20 years handed to two other COs involved in the incident
Ray Garcia’s term will be followed by 15 years of supervised release and he must also register as a sex offender
Todd Sheffler said he accepted responsibility “for what I did or didn’t do” that caused the inmate’s death
A judge said Alex Banta was “caught up in the culture” of silence surrounding violence against inmates
Rebecca Hillman faces up to four years in prison after a jury convicted her of denying help to an inmate who hanged himself in a cell
The use of restraint chairs and lawful authority were at the center of deliberations that deadlocked the jury more than once
Capt. Rebecca Hillman has pleaded not guilty to criminally negligent homicide and offering a false instrument for lying on an incident report
The money “will enable the complete closure” of the state’s only women’s prison
The decision to dismiss charges against Jarrett Hobbs came several months after an investigation following the video’s release last year
The investigation was opened after deaths in county jails hit a two-decade high last year and other allegations of excessive use of force surfaced
The sheriff said rumors circulating in the jail prompted the “ugly” investigation and the conclusions “sickened” him
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Sheriff said decision to terminate the CO was part of his vow to make “accountability and transparency a top priority”
The indictment described the ring as a criminal enterprise that worked to move cellphones, drugs, jewelry, clothing and cash items into the prison
The ex-prison worker was the fifth employee at the facility to be charged with sexual abuse of inmates since June 2021
One CO allegedly received more than $15K from inmates over eight months for giving out contraband items
The ex-officer also posted a photo of protestors lying on a street and wrote, “I would run them over no problem lol (laughing tears of joy emoji) didn’t see it”
Former employees claim meal trays and prescription meds were withheld, as well as reports of physical abuse by staff
The review found that the state hasn’t complied with lethal injection processes since 2018, resulting in executions being conducted without proper drug testing
Out of the nearly 700 correctional officers surveyed, approximately 6% indicated they had nefarious or disconcerting reasons for working in corrections
Catherine Dutcher, 24, was fired from her job at a juvenile correctional center on the same day she was arrested
The CO was terminated in 2020 after complaining about harassment, humiliation and sexual misconduct toward women staff
Ray J. Garcia took the stand in his own defense to explain how he happened to take the photo that allegedly shows a reflection of his face
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