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.
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Prosecutors were accused of hiding a deal with the detainee, who alleged the Cook County corrections officer used excessive force during a jail altercation
A total of eight Walker County Jail employees have entered plea agreements related to the death of Tony Mitchell
Made a last-minute claim that his legal representation had been insufficient
The inmate who was allegedly retaliated against didn’t cooperate with authorities, nor seek to press charges
Tamika Cobb and Kendra Richard were caught on video taking merchandise from the 7-Eleven
Chatham County Sheriff Al St. Lawrence said the terminations were based on results of an internal investigation
Capt. Edgar Johnson and Sgt. Shauntsey Kitchens were arrested Wednesday
The officers, Sgt. Christopher Michael Jernigan, 37, and Officer Donald Dwight Sims Jr., 21, were arrested Monday
A former Valdosta State Prison corrections officer was indicted Friday on a charge related to attempting to smuggle tobacco to an inmate
A corrections officer in northern New Jersey has pleaded guilty to accepting a $1,000 bribe in exchange for smuggling contraband
Mentally ill inmate was left unattended and alone in his cell for weeks with insect-infested food containers, a feces-clogged toilet and ropes from his shredded jail uniform hanging from the ceiling
Defense attorney Christopher Urbano said that he expects Blair County Prison officer Lloyd Gene Rogers Jr. to be exonerated
Deputy has been indicted by a federal grand jury
Deputy crashed his personal vehicle and left the scene of the accident
Ricky Bell was charged with falsifying documents and fraud
Pair accused of leaving mentally ill inmateunattended for weeks
None of the 16 employees were recommended for criminal prosecution, but all face possible disciplinary action
Florida prisons chief Julie Jones says she knows of no further Ku Klux Klan activity
Florida correctional officers are accused of plotting to kill black inmate
Officials said the supposed hit man was an FBI criminal informant who recorded scenes over the past year
Inmate left the van to buy drugs but never returned
Were members of the KKK and planned to kill black inmate
Richard “Rick” Pilarski Jr. resigned Saturday after he acknowledged the Facebook exchange with family and friends in which he threatened to shoot gays
Four deputies have been accused of staging gladiator-like fights between inmates and gambling on the outcomes
Carlos Manuel Perez Jr. was slain with his hands cuffed behind his back, attorney Alexis Plunkett said
The U.S. Department of Justice and state lawmakers have been taking a close look at DOC operations in the wake of a year in which inmate deaths spiked to new heights
Thirty-four-year-old Lenard Fleming of District Heights, Maryland, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington
Four former Macon State Prison officers were sentenced in federal court Wednesday for their part in the beating of inmates in 2010 and subsequent cover-up
Jill Curry implicated an unnamed sheriff’s deputy of having a sexual relationship with Jang-Li Delgado Galban
A correctional officer with the Refugio County Jail has been terminated after taking an inmate out of the jail to help run errands and to lunch
A state correctional officer has been arrested after allegedly ordering one inmate to assault another inmate the officer wanted hurt, according to a warrant
A federal judge meted out prison sentences for two former jail administrators convicted more than a year ago of violating the civil rights of Muskogee County inmates
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