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.
Nakie Nunley pleaded guilty last year to four counts of sexual abuse of a ward and five lesser felonies of abusive sexual contact of five women
The CO’s sentence was the longest against six former officers sentenced in connection with an assault on an inmate at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
The mayor said the cop had worked for the Pearl Police Department for about six months after having worked at other law enforcement agencies in the Jackson area
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
Mark Walker pleaded guilty to using his position to force one of the women to have sex with him
State determined getting fired was punishment enough
Correctional Officer Jerome Prusa and Heriberto Viramontes’ girlfriend Kira Lundgren were arrested minutes after the cannabis was taken into the facility
Officer allegedly spanked a female inmate there after inquiring if she was a “bad girl”
The Southern Center for Human Rights claims a group of prison officers punched, stomped on, kicked and knocked several of the men unconscious
The department in June 2005 established a policy to punish prison employees arrested on suspicion of drunken driving
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office has been investigating the alleged incident between Jeremy Essary and a female inmate since June 28
Another 10 officials have also been arrested, including Ruben Jose Gonzalez Heredi, the deputy director of an adjacent prison
Belinda Stewart makes $102,000 a year as a director for the DOC