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.
Tony Klein’s sentence also includes five years of supervised release after prison; he had faced a possible life sentence
The Broward County sheriff’s deputies will be fired as they face charges of alleged $500,000 fraud from federal aid programs meant to cushion COVID-19 impact
Insufficient state funding and a deteriorating 125-year-old facility compound safety challenges for both inmates and staff
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
A Lebanon Correctional Institution worker allegedly derailed a months long criminal probe into drug dealing at the prison when he accessed confidential files and alerted co-workers about the investigation
Nancy Gonzalez was convicted of having sex with inmate Ronell Wilson in an effort to keep him from the injection chair
An Albany County jail officer who moonlighted as a bookie pleaded guilty to a felony Tuesday for his role in an Internet gambling ring in which bets were placed at the jail
Prosecutors filed a notice Tuesday in Baltimore that they will move to dismiss the two counts against Josh Hummer
Charlie Broaderick to surrender law enforcement certificate
State CO is jailed after being arrested in tax fraud scheme that allegedly netted him and 4 accomplices thousands
Former CO Leodagario Buan claims there was no misconduct or unlawful act
Other officer, who slammed inmate’s head into wall, faces charges
An Orange County corrections officer fired last year after a bus brawl has been rehired but demoted
Initial damage estimate is near $250,000 but could go higher as some areas of the jail still are being repaired
Would prevent his client from serving jail time on felony drug-related charges
Could be sentenced to 20 years behind bars for aggravated assault and official misconduct
Man filed federal civil rights lawsuit over alleged access to personal and criminal history by a Rensselaer County Jail employee attempting to break up a romantic relationship
CO is accused of videotaping prison employee in the women’s locker room using a USB device
Tried to convince patrolman to not press charges after being found sitting in damaged car in middle of public street
Said he repeatedly tried to get the CO to stop pummeling the inmate
Twelve-year veteran allegedly gave prisoners confidential information
Officials are tightening procedures tied to searches of both visitors and COs
Text messages show deputy expected $500K
Nearly 9,000 incidents of sexual victimization against inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were reported in 2011
Charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute five grams or more of meth
Removed all state offenders from its Tulsa halfway house after the state Corrections Department required them to do so amid three ongoing internal affairs investigations
2 COs were witnessed in an altercation at the Miami-Dade Jail
CO Leodegario Buan may have been caught on camera getting a foot massage by a maximum security inmate while in uniform and on duty, but he contends it was his former employer that acted inappropriately
Officer returns after deal cut in illegal use of a computer case
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