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 plea deal revealed the former Walker County CO “admitted that ‘collectively we did it. We killed him,” following an inmate’s death from hypothermia
The ex-Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office deputy admitted that he smuggled drugs and a phone into an inmate, including fentanyl and cocaine, for distribution among other inmates
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
Comptroller says 2007 incident suggests uncorrected ‘rot in the department’
inmate said a Md. CO allowed another prisoner to beat him while he remained in restraints in a van in March 2007
Prison officials respond to the indictment of 13 officers
Dispute off prison grounds turned into a violent confrontation
The ring allegedly involved sex that led to four of the officers becoming pregnant by a gang leader
Official: Derogatory comments were directed at a staff member over a lengthy period of time and the person finally filed a complaint after another such comment was made
Matthew Andrews is charged with one count of aiding escape
Facebook posts sunk Ryan Patrick Wenker, 35
Interviews with more than 50 incarcerated women uncovered evidence of frequent and severe officer-on-inmate sexual violence
Accuses members of Correctional Emergency Response Team of beating inmates in retaliation for previous assaults on corrections officers
Former corrections officer Lamont Lucas, 47, allegedly carried on a sexual relationship with an inmate at the Federal Detention Center in Philly from February to May 2012
Latest in a string of staffing problems alleged or being investigated at the Idaho Correctional Center south of Boise
Matthew Andrews is a two-year veteran of the department
Couldn’t remember the scene of an inmate roaming Bourbon Street, or that of a long-barreled handgun being unloaded in a prison cell
Incidents are among 278 cases of alleged employee misconduct detailed in the latest report by the independent inspector general of the state corrections department
Inmate killed self, employee falsified records about duties
Charged with second-degree sexual assault and third-degree criminal restraint
Prison captain was fired, then reinstated, following an incident caught on video where he pepper sprayed a restrained inmate
Claimed the remark about “getting” Gov. Kasich was a joke
Cop said they had been to “many bars” and got into a “dust-up”
Accused of cashing tax return checks, making false Social Security claims
In February, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Corrections Officer Robin Smith used excessive force on an inmate
Prosecutors charged Abner Canda, 58, on Tuesday with custodial misconduct
The revelation came out during the officer’s arraignment Tuesday
Jail trustee says he cleaned up blood
Mother: “My son’s face was split open like a pear”
Prosecutors are also pushing for inmate’s execution
Tyshinia Love Brewster was arrested at her home Wednesday and charged with rape and official misconduct
Lawsuit accuses the officer of excessive force and battery
Sterling Duckett of Sicklerville was sentenced Friday to a 5-year prison term and ordered to forfeit his job