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 current and former Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies conspired with an inmate to bring hollowed-out pens filled with Suboxone strips into the jail, officials said
The findings are the latest in a series of independent investigations that have blamed the sheriff’s department and its staff for contributing to San Diego County jail deaths
Four officers were charged with second-degree murder and a fifth was charged with involuntary manslaughter; the COs were part of the Missouri DOC Emergency Response Team
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
Was charged with one count of written threats to kill or do bodily injury, a second degree felony
Indicted by a grand jury on eight counts of drug crimes, including possession with intent to distribute
Falsified a report as part of a cover up in which he denied beating an inmate who was caught trying to escape
Told crowd to vacate for homecoming parade, woman allegedly swore at him
One inmate caught with a phone had text messages and nude photos sent by a female correctional officer