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.
Prosecutors were accused of hiding a deal with the detainee, who alleged the Cook County corrections officer used excessive force during a jail altercation
A total of eight Walker County Jail employees have entered plea agreements related to the death of Tony Mitchell
The Southern Regional Jail COs admitted each face up to 30 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000 after pleading guilty to a federal civil rights violation
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
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
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