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 ex-officer also posted a photo of protestors lying on a street and wrote, “I would run them over no problem lol (laughing tears of joy emoji) didn’t see it”
Former employees claim meal trays and prescription meds were withheld, as well as reports of physical abuse by staff
The review found that the state hasn’t complied with lethal injection processes since 2018, resulting in executions being conducted without proper drug testing
A sheriff’s rookie who graduated at the top of his recruit class resigned after only a few weeks on the job, alleging that a supervisor made him beat up a mentally ill jail inmate
A letter written by Knox gives details of the manipulation and sexual intimidation she says she endured while in prison
A Bay Area federal CO who said she was harassed and repeatedly assaulted by a male co-worker after breaking up with him sued the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, alleging that it ignored her many pleas for protection
The unidentified inmate says suspended guard Harry Nicoletti of Coraopolis was the ringleader of a group that targeted inmates who are homosexual or transgender,
Efrain Mendoza is charged with a total of 10 felony counts five counts of forgery, three counts of accepting a bribe and two counts of soliciting a bribe
Two volunteers say they heard deputies yell “stop fighting” as deputies pummeled inmates
The inquiries include allegations that deputies broke an inmate’s jaw and other facial bones and beat another man for two minutes while he was unconscious
Former Sheriff Greg Solano was booked into the Santa Fe County jail to begin serving his three month sentence for selling Sheriff’s Office property on eBay
DNA test allegedly linked him to the crime
A Knox County juvenile corrections officer is on administrative leave following a drug-related arrest over the weekend, authorities said
Official said said he believes the girl was taken into the prison by someone intending to charge prisoners money to have sex with her
In jail since May awaiting trial for burglary of a habitation and family assault charges, Laura Elizalde, 25, said Marco Cedillo, 38, sexually assaulted her at least six times
Kim Wolfe was a 19-year veteran at the Nassau County jail
Man’s arrest followed a year-long investigation by the state police
Surveillance videos show the first inmate wander into the second inmate’s cell and punch him repeatedly
Parole official improperly worked to keep man behind bars by secretly handing over information to Justice Department officials
The offender, Kristopher Stapleston was arrested on public intoxication charges and was handcuffed and waiting to be processed at a city jail
Police: Efrain Mendoza falsified records of six inmates since March 2010 in exchange for cash and services, including getting tattoos
The cartoon depicts a jail official as a clown who gives ridiculous reasons for refusing to book a suspect brought in by a police officer
Richard Bradberry, 54, is suspected of abusing inmates
Inmates said they regularly played Truth or Dare when he was on duty
Two inmates, Alejandro Alvarado Rucz and Sergio Bustamante, will be formally charged with homicide
Officer at state prison has been arrested and accused of intimidating another officer at the alleged victim’s home
Cpl. Jerry Melbert is accused of pulling the zipper on a woman’s blouse and placing his finger in the woman’s cleavage
Surveillance video shows alleged mistreatment by Ottawa police
Prosecutors say Alfred Casas smuggled hacksaw blades in several tacos in exchange for two bottles of Xanax
A Hamilton County jailer was booked into the same lockup he normally guards after being accused of molesting a woman on a dance floor
When a Monroe prison official was killed in the facility’s chapel earlier this year, a co-worker assigned to monitor the area was actually working in a separate part of the complex