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 DOJ said Alvin S. Glenn COs learned of two inmate killings from outsider calls: one via voicemail and another by someone watching a Facebook Live of the killing
The Brooks family’s federal lawsuit against the COs calls for criminal charges and reform, citing systemic abuse at Marcy Correctional Facility
The investigation started when an inmate’s parents came to visit him at Indian Creek Correctional Center, smuggling buprenorphine, Naloxone strips and meth
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
A Metro Corrections officer was fired after it was discovered that he’d brought brass knuckles into the facility, and also for failing to report a fight between two inmates
Officer has been disciplined for excessive force, but inmate’s attorney doesn’t want him working in the facility
A retired federal corrections officer has been charged with distributing heroin
A federal jury found five Denver sheriff’s deputies used excessive force against a homeless street preacher who died in the city’s downtown jail
Pleaded guilty to reduced charges of felony second degree assault in a plea deal with prosecutors
Former Halawa Correctional Facility officer Feso Malufau and inmate Tineimalo Adkins were among 18 men indicted last year on racketeering-related charges
A former Florida corrections officer has been convicted on several counts of possessing child pornography
Lawsuit seeks $75K for lost wages, legal fees, humiliation and “severe emotional and psychological distress”
The suit, which also names the county as a defendant, charges that the guards and the county violated inmate James William Hicks Jr.'s constitutional right that bans cruel and unusual punishment
CO at Cook County Jail who ordered and then took part in the beating of a mentally ill inmate was convicted after another CO testified against her
Authorities allege the individuals shipped hundreds of thousands of pills out of five Northeastern Pennsylvania counties
Abruptly retired amid an investigation into her relationship with a convicted sex offender
Recommendation meant to serve as example and deter other jail workers “who would participate or stand idly by when such brazen misconduct occurs”
Officer is currently accused of fraud, looting union dues and of coercing inmates to vote against re-electing sheriff
Rollin Suttle Austin was arrested for theft, convicted of drunk driving and accused of dozens of brutal, unprovoked beatings
A Wise County sheriff’s deputy stands accused of forcing sex offenders to take nude photos while registering for the state’s sex offender database
Federal prison supervisor in Missouri admits persuading inmate to cover up attack by officer
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