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.
Nakie Nunley pleaded guilty last year to four counts of sexual abuse of a ward and five lesser felonies of abusive sexual contact of five women
The CO’s sentence was the longest against six former officers sentenced in connection with an assault on an inmate at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
The mayor said the cop had worked for the Pearl Police Department for about six months after having worked at other law enforcement agencies in the Jackson area
The fugitive state corrections officer accused of shooting a man multiple times Wednesday night was caught at about 2:30 p.m. in Fort Worth
A corrections officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is currently wanted for the alleged shooting of his neighbor
A Suffolk County correction officer has been charged with collecting wages for hours he wasn’t working for more than 2 1/2 years
Charges raise questions about the screening process used to hire the 1,300 full-time and part-time civilian jailers
NC prison ousts 7 employees over inmate death
Police arrested the state corrections officer on Wednesday after he admitted that a game of horseplay led to sex with his teenage relative
Mitch Morrow, deputy director of the Oregon Corrections Department, will stay in his job while facing a new investigation into whether he abused his office to help his son
Seven employees at a Taylorsville prison have lost their jobs in an ongoing investigation into the death of a mentally ill inmate who had been held in solitary confinement
A correctional officer at a federal prison in southwest Missouri has been sentenced to six years without parole for hiring someone to kill his wife’s ex-husband
Rhode Island State Police has been asked to investigate allegations of potential criminal activity by key correctional officials
Fayette County jail employees who are under investigation for violations will no longer be placed on paid leave
The “real punishment” is that the man will no longer be able to serve as a corrections officer
A jail guard supervisor accused of violating the rights of an inmate by ignoring his pleas for medical attention in the hours before his death was arrested by federal authorities on Monday
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agents charged a Trousdale County corrections officer with misuse of information Friday night
Corrections Department officials say they aren’t ready to pull the plug on the $145-million, three-year deal yet
Six officers at the Wake County detention center have resigned or been fired amid accusations that they fraternized with inmates
Christopher Anello, 28, of Norwalk, was charged Tuesday with second-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace
Three-member commission was unanimous in its decision to uphold the termination of Jesus Gomez
Mitchell County District Attorney Joe Mulholland says one of the suspects is accused of destroying the videotaped recording of the violence
With recent technological developments come increased opportunities for staff to “do the wrong thing”
Gordon Chavez pleaded guilty to groping and fondling a female probationer
Two former state correctional officers are going to federal prison for conspiring in the severe beating of an inmate at Roxbury Correctional Institution near Hagerstown in 2008
4 COs have been indicted on charges they beat up a Rikers Island inmate and then covered up the assault
Nancy Gonzalez claims she had sex with at least eight co-workers, including two supervisors
Under investigation after police say she left a loaded gun on the floor of the women’s restroom in the waiting room of OU Children’s Hospital
For years, corrections officers and all other staff have not gone through contraband detection machines before entering the facility
Officers are told on the spot that they must be tested at that moment
Two state corrections officers arrested within days of each other in separate incidents are now unemployed
Pleaded guilty in November to federal drug charges in a deal for five years, but the sentence had been in question
Pinellas County deputy was arrested Monday for striking a 15-year-old inmate last summer and lying about his motives
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