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 union stated that certain health officials should be fired because of jail-condition issues, negligence and for allegedly creating a hostile work environment
Only “a small group” of women were still being held at FCI Dublin, with the majority of its 605 inmates having been sent to other federal facilities
The CO is asking the court to reverse the board’s decision, removing the termination letter from his personnel file and giving him back pay
Derland Blake wants to post $50,000 bail and faces a “significant” risk of harm from other jail inmates
Charged with driving on a suspended license
Muscogee County Jail correctional officer turned himself in to police and will be terminated following a violent, off-duty domestic dispute
Accused of failing to heed two state Supreme Court rulings on prison sentencing, leading to the miscalculations
A former corrections officer is among seven people accused of helping smuggle cellphones into prison for Las Vegas Strip shooting suspect Ammar Harris.
A corrections officer at the Lucas County jail who also coached high school basketball was fired this week after he allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman he had driven home from the jail
Daniel Lanigan, 29, of Levittown, is charged with one felony count and one misdemeanor count of criminal possession of a controlled substance
Marion County Jail is coming under scrutiny again for mistakenly releasing inmate Scott Snyder earlier last week
Convicted of official misconduct and evidence tampering charges in a case surrounding a 2010 fight at the jail where an inmate was stabbed in the neck with a pencil
Government lawyers this week reported that corrections officers in New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex systematically violated the civil rights of male teenagers
Derrick Antonio Daniels faces five official misconduct charges
Tisha Ann Brunell, 45, faced a term of two to 100 years or life imprisonment for each of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent
Prison protocol dictates that inmates be isolated when they express fear for their lives, at least until their complaints can be evaluated
Federal marshals were looking for the officer’s brother, who is a fugitive in a federal drug case
A federal appeals court is taking a second look at the case of a Mississippi prison guard who was cited for recklessness during a 2007 fight in which an inmate died and two others were injured
The mother of a 23-year-old man shot and killed by a Cook County Jail correctional officer last year has filed suit against the officer and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office
Of 40 allegations, Corrections Officer Joseph Beahm is named in 28
Emails in connection with the death of a mentally ill inmate at Dade Correctional Institution two years ago show that the prison’s staff told conflicting stories about what happened
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis against various prison officials, says Eugene Kenneth Jones was too poor to afford the item
A former inmate who claims he was assaulted by a Richland County corrections officer won a $750,000 settlement with the county
Warden Jerry Cummings’ suspension is the agency’s latest response to growing allegations of abuse and cover-ups in the prison system
Captain Moises Simancas and COs April Jackson and Tyrone Wint are charged with beating an inmate into unconsciousness with a baton and then falsifying documents to cover up the act
The deaths bring the total open, in-custody state prison death cases under scrutiny to 10 — nine of them being handled by the FDLE
Department of Corrections Secretary Mike Crews announced Wednesday that he will travel to Miami to accelerate the investigation into the death of inmate Darren Rainey
Investigators accused DOC of running a prison system rife with corruption, brutality and officially sanctioned gang violence
Management at the Baltimore jail held “town hall meetings” with Black Guerrilla Family gang members to get tips on how to better operate the institution
Several deputies are being scrutinized after video surfaced showing the alleged beating of an inmate
Employees at a Nampa detention center knew of the relationship between a worker and a boy but did nothing, the lawsuit claims
Six Los Angeles County sheriff’s employees were convicted of obstructing a federal investigation into the abuse of inmates at county jails
Accused of punching, wrestling and choking two inmates