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 indictment described the ring as a criminal enterprise that worked to move cellphones, drugs, jewelry, clothing and cash items into the prison
The ex-prison worker was the fifth employee at the facility to be charged with sexual abuse of inmates since June 2021
One CO allegedly received more than $15K from inmates over eight months for giving out contraband items
The investigation will focus on allegations the prison failed to protect prisoners from attacks and sexual assaults
Investigators said the woman claimed she was in a relationship with the inmate and the two began talking in May
Charges involve assault, smuggling
Patrick Sullivan was arrested over allegations he offered methamphetamine in exchange for sex
Prior court testimony and records show Eric Cureton obtained a check from the fund, scanned it into a laptop rented by a cohort and used software to create counterfeit copies
Authorities say 43-year-old Molly Gross sexually assaulted the victims at the Indiana County Jail
Jim Hammond said the department’s excessive force policy may be revisited after two corrections deputies did not follow procedure with an intoxicated inmate
Officer was sentenced to 30 months probation
Joe Kirby confessed after his June arrest, saying that he had been receiving $150 for every cellphone he smuggled into prison
Some deputies were allowed to remain working in the county’s lockups after being convicted of crimes or found guilty of serious misconduct
Molly Gross is being held in the jail she once guarded, according to police
Jacob Olson admitted to officers that he was a regular heroin user
Jayme Biendl was killed in the chapel of the Washington State Reformatory at Monroe
Suspects are accused of involvement in a ring that was trying to traffic automatic rifles, handguns, stolen cigarettes and slot machines
William Grady Sims, who’s the mayor of Walnut Grove and the former warden of Walnut Grove Transition Center, was indicted on two federal charges last week
Robert Alioto, a warehouse supervisor who was not a sworn correctional officer, was arrested at San Quentin
Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Majority of detention officers are hardworking
Offender was jailed in 2009 for involuntary manslaughter
Offender got mixed in with a group of inmates who were to be released and was set freed with them
Sgt. Thomas Messina said he often felt his authority was being undermined
Mark Jordan sued the state last year after he was suspended without pay following the March 2010 fight
Brian James Brown was arrested for the fraudulent possession of a financial transaction card and the misuse of public funds for personal use
The inmate said she had sexual contact with one of the deputies while the other deputy was nearby
A federal grand jury is investigating abuse-of-power allegations against him
Miguel Angel Rosario, 44, was arrested Friday and police found more than a half an ounce of cocaine in his apartment
Deputies allegedly carved racist initials into one inmate’s head and broke the jaw of another inmate
In addition to being fired, the author of those posts, Scott Thompson, was subsequently convicted of criminal harassment
Civil suit in prison rapes faces delays
Director: “Here at the detention center and as far as breaking the law, we have a zero-tolerance policy”