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.
Three bags of “crystal like substance” were discovered in the Staton Correctional Facility CO’s vehicle after an officer and K-9 conducted a sniff search in the facility’s parking lot
The DeSoto County jail employee was charged with conveying articles useful for the escape of a prisoner, the Mississippi DOC said
The Westmoreland County warden said the preliminary report wrongly claimed the inmate stuffed paper into the lock, misleading COs to think the door was secure
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
Offered to remove the facility’s administrator as part of a plan presented Friday to the state Board of Corrections
Fired for using photos of staff and inmates to put their faces on bodies of celebrities and animals
Investigations revealed “serious infractions” affecting inmate safety
Charged with one count of intentionally intercepting the wire, oral or electronic communications of others
DOC alleges that officers staged fights among offenders
Prosecutors: “The defendant put the entire institution at risk”
High rates of sexual abuse were reported in survey from DOJ administered to 191 anonymous inmates in 2011