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 items sold to inmates included 173 cell phones, headphones, screen protectors, phone chargers, sim cards and other types of contraband, the indictment said
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
Cook County Jail inmates sold tiny amounts of marijuana out of toothpaste caps after a correctional officer smuggled in the drug
Sheriff is calling for changes after four inmate were released in the past two weeks
Investigators turned up marijuana, an iPad with a Wi-Fi card and an air deodorizer that masked the smell of the marijuana
CO dragged inmate with 2 broken ankles across the floor
City officials are calling the sweep for drugs and contraband “unprecedented”
Three Georgia corrections officers have been convicted of charges related to the beating of an inmate
State police said he caused a drunken-driving crash that killed two men
Death of inmate occurred under the same warden who’s security flaws lead to the fatal stabbing of a CO
Investigators determined that two of the deputies beat the man in a jail cell while the other two watched and did and said nothing
Inmate was downloading legal materials for inmates and prison staff alike
Was suspected of stealing the shotgun shells from a state-prison arsenal
A Florida Department of Corrections officer is facing charges related to a road rage incident on Sunday
Nine were accused of having part-time deputies work their shifts
Federal trial is set to begin for six Macon State Prison employees accused in an alleged conspiracy to violate inmates’ civil rights
The rule: if an inmate fights with a deputy, that inmate ends up in the hospital
It’s up to us, the corrections administration and staff, to keep contraband from entering our facilities
A 26-year-old corrections officer at a privately run state prison in Alamo was arrested earlier this month in an alleged phone scam that tried to dupe people in New Jersey into paying fictitious fines
The officers were placed on leave two weeks ago for allegations that they encouraged fights between inmates
Video shows Delia Daly-England slam woman to ground, drag her by hair
Accused of teaming up with law enforcement to search probationers’ homes without warrants
Busted on charges he ignored the cries of an inmate who swallowed poisonous cleaning supplies and later died
Former and current workers at Dade Correctional Institution allege that guards made “sport’’ out of brutalizing mentally-ill inmates
A correctional officer charged with having sex with an inmate also regularly communicated with inmates on social media
William Feaster was charged with gun possession and menacing after being denied entrance to the event
Dallas County’s probation officers did not follow court or department policies more than two out of three times when handling “technical violations” by probationers
He acknowledged in a January plea deal that he watched others assault inmate Kenneth Davis and then conspired to cover it up
The family of inmate Ronald Spear has decided to not press charges
A fired Hennepin County CO, a school’s cook and a man charged in a shooting that wounded an 8-year-old girl are among those indicted
County spokesperson declined to say if terminations were related to incident where employee brought gun into facility
Janet Weinstein, whose husband, Sheldon Weinstein, was beaten to death by other inmates in April 2009, filed a notice of intent to sue shortly after his death