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 COs tasked with guarding Epstein were working overtime. One was working a fifth straight day of overtime. The other was working mandatory overtime
Two prison officials and four nurses were charged with involuntary manslaughter following a state police investigation; Two COs face charges of misconduct
The two deputies who were assigned to the Bibb County jail resigned as a result of the investigation and turned themselves into the sheriff’s office
Was originally indicted on 4 felony counts of theft in office accusing him of stealing from inmates being processed into the county jail
Suspensions come on the heels of allegations by 6 inmates that corrections staff forced them to perform myriad humiliating acts for the entertainment of the officers
The warden reportedly made prisoners rub hot sauce on their genitals resulting in painful blisters
The charges are two counts of sexual conduct in the third degree, four counts of attempted criminal sexual conduct in the third degree and one count of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree
One staff member at the prison has been reassigned and another went on leave after the start of an internal investigation
Former CO admitted to sexually assaulting a female child beginning when the victim was 12 and ending when the gir discovered she was pregnant by him
Men seek damages for losses and illnesses they say they suffered because of their treatment during and immediately after the 2010-11 investigation that led to their dismissal
Protecting the public is essential; W.Va. must supply funds to do it right
Wrapped a pillow around her mouth to muffle her screams while he beat her
Violated a restraining order twice and finally turned himself into the authorities
The Illinois Aids Confidentiality Act prohibits anyone who knows the results of someone’s HIV test to tell another person those results
Convicted in July 2008 on charges of simple assault and battery for striking four inmates with clipboards and phone books for possessing contraband
One inmate claims that the CO in question was caught while engaged in a sexual act with a prisoner
Received a five-year suspended sentence and five years’ probation after he pleaded guilty to the charge
One is accused of taking Percocet pills, a narcotic painkiller, to the prison and sharing them with three co-workers
Contacted a 12-year-old girl and asked her for sex
Unknown officers kicked him in the face, ribs and hips until he “heard a crack and everything went silent”
Was the first witness in the trial over the alleged sexual assault of her and another woman at the prison run by Corrections Corporation of America under a state contract
“It was an assault on a correctional officer by another correctional officer, during the duty day with witnesses, with severe bodily injury”
A $3,100 severance check was issued while he sat behind bars at the same jail where he allegedly abused three female inmates
Faces charges of public intoxication, assault, vandalism, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct
Were both off-duty at the time of the fight
Police said the 30-year-old woman was arrested following a complaint from her former employer, Manitoba Corrections, about an alleged attack on an inmate Aug. 30
Found that 37-year-old Derek Turner, a correctional officer, was accepting cash payments to smuggle drugs and other contraband into the facility for two inmates
Drank a pint of Southern Comfort, a few beers and sleeping pills
Also allegedly pocketed money meant to be for a fundraiser
Officer says he will return to police work after being declared ‘not guilty’
Admitted to knowing about an assault beforehand and taking part in it
The woman, as well as witnesses, claim the officer used excessive force
Was raped by a guard in 2007, who was later fired and sentenced to two months of weekends in jail