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 former Five Points Correctional Facility corrections officer submitted 13 false medical notes between December 2021 and July 2022
The special review from the inspector general found CDCR wrongfully closed and reclassified 595 complaints of staff misconduct as “routine grievances” between Feb. 24, 2022, and Feb. 27, 2023
The detention officer’s chip bags were searched after she allegedly left her post without permission or even the knowledge of her supervisor
Authorities say James Ferro has pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charges
One of the officers, Mark Sharp, received 73 months after pleading guilty
Joseph Mullen, 28, of Feasterville, was charged by an investigating grand jury with official oppression and harassment
Allegedly told an inmate that another inmate inside the prison was wearing a recording device and working for the FBI
Veronica Garrett, 49, is facing ten counts of sexual conduct in a correctional institution
Move comes a day after Mayor Bill de Blasio visited the 10-jail lockup to announce the end of solitary confinement for 16- and 17-year-old inmates
Sentenced to 1½ years in prison for trying to block a federal investigation of allegations of inmate abuse at county jails
Video shows officials gesturing to suspects in an inmate’s 2012 murder to keep their mouths shut after the killing
Ruby Diaz, 38, was convicted Friday of felony electronic identity theft
Accused officer indicted on counts of unlawful sexual contact in connection with incidents involving three women being held at the jail
Terrence Pendergrass was demoted from a captain to a correction officer following Jason Echevarria’s death
CO Colleen Ellis, 48, was asked to take her belt off before walking through a metal detector
Pleaded no contest to one felony count of misconduct in public office as part of a plea agreement
Jason Epstein, 29, of Orlando pleaded guilty to the bribery charges in September
Inmate Tyler Smith told the FBI that an officer opened the door to Clifton Majors’ cell in 2013
Prosecutors have announced they are continuing to investigate “pervasive” and “systemic corruption” in the state
Threw boxes, toilet paper rolls and rubber gloves filled with water at him
Five former prisoners of the Lanesboro Correctional Institution in Anson County are alleging that prison staff assisted gang-affiliated inmates in obtaining weapons and waging attacks
A former Ferguson corrections officer faces felony charges and a lawsuit for allegedly having sex with a pregnant inmate and allowing her to escape
Smuggled methamphetamine, cigarettes and other contraband into Halawa Correctional Facility and for scheming with inmates to do so
No one likes misconduct, so it must be confronted and dealt with quickly and in a manner worthy of corrections
Corrections sgt. who got his job back after being videotaped fighting on a bus will be reimbursed for time he wasn’t working
Salisbury police charged Raymond Wesley Wills III, 39, with reckless endangerment, firing a firearm within city limits and an alcohol-related charge
Former corrections commissioner Chris Epps has been indicted for accepting more than $1 million in bribes over six years
Victoria Castillo Wilken pleaded guilty to two counts of official misconduct
A report shows that a records administrator said he didn’t understand how to calculate prison sentences, leading to a massive premature release of hundreds of inmates
An officer shown in a video tape repeatedly striking a handcuffed inmate was disciplined according to his race, states the prison union
Three inmates were also charged, as well as three women accused of helping smuggle the contraband into the facility
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