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.
Sebron Hollands pleaded guilty to providing false information in a report after his co-worker was accused of punching an inmate at the Northwest Correctional Complex
The Florida Department of Corrections said the officers are now under criminal investigation
The former Five Points Correctional Facility corrections officer submitted 13 false medical notes between December 2021 and July 2022
The prosecution alleges Efrain Mendoza falsified the community service records of six inmates in exchange for cash and services
Officer can only be terminated if he is convicted of raping the inmates
Allegations and litigation continue to dog Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca
In court filings, COs allege the former warden gave male employees preferential treatment as soon as he was hired in 2010
Lt. Raymond Haveman, who has been with Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office for 18 years, showed up with alcohol on his breath
A NY officer is being probed for allegedly having a relationship with a career criminal who did a yearlong stint in prison
Man was accused of having sexual contact with female inmate
Prosecutor Michelle Rotella says 35-year-old defendant Richard Spisak admitted demanding sex from an inmate
Murderer said the court owes it to the family of the CO he killed to allow his execution to take place
Cop was responding to a domestic violence call when he was fatally shot by a New York City correction officer
The weaponry recovered included handguns, shotguns, one submachine gun, one telescopic sight, 27 explosive devices and more than 64,000 rounds of ammunition
A former CO has been indicted on a charge of sexual contact with a female inmate
The lawsuit alleges excessive force, along with violations of due process and equal protection
Officer Elizabeth J. Rosenbaum left her gun belt -- which included a .38-caliber revolver, ammunition, cellphone, cuffs, and pepper spray - on a table in the restroom
In videos, a Montgomery County CO seems to keep cash taken during processing
Aborted corruption investigations have succeeded in getting one of the lawman’s top allies disbarred
The name will return to the original Arapahoe County Detention Center
A former prison warden’s wife convicted of helping an inmate escape almost 18 years ago has been released from prison
Los Angeles County Capt. Jeff Donahue is under investigation for allegations of having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate
The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that 27-year-old Bernis Gonzalez Miranda was convicted of three counts of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine
Officer lied about his rounds the day two inmates staged an escape
Brian James Brown, former correctional officer, was sentenced to five years in prison
A former city Corrections officer will likely end up behind bars after she admitted to having sex with an inmate and selling Ecstasy
Bottom line: Those who work in corrections need to be held to a higher standard
Federal CO was maimed when he was stabbed in the eye by a former Osama bin Laden aide
A former inmate claims he was ignored multiple times over grievances he filed after he was sexually assaulted four times by suspended CO Harry Nicoletti
Officer killed an unarmed New York City man as he left his bachelor party
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a former correctional officer at the Tennessee Prison for Women, 23-year-old Justin Heflin