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.
Todd Sheffler said he accepted responsibility “for what I did or didn’t do” that caused the inmate’s death
A judge said Alex Banta was “caught up in the culture” of silence surrounding violence against inmates
Rebecca Hillman faces up to four years in prison after a jury convicted her of denying help to an inmate who hanged himself in a cell
Detention Officer Jesus David Vazquez, 23, was stopped after police responded to reports of a man shooting a gun into the air
Inmate was on life support and now uses wheelchair
Pfc. Bradley Manning’s supporters allege that conditions in a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., amount to torture. Visitors say he spends at least 23 hours a day alone in a cell
The former police officer seen in the video, who was fired after shooting an unarmed woman, now works for the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office
Footage showing police kneeing and kicking inmates led to public outrage
The lawsuits claim senior prison staff was aware of corruption and inmate abuse in the Special Housing Unit, but did nothing to stop it
Officer used neighbors computer to avoid getting in trouble
The inmate was freed when two jail employees did not confirm his eligibility for release with the bail office and released him before final approval for home-monitoring
Former officer gets 24 years in prison for crimes he committed at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville
A jail surveillance video shows the officer stepping on the neck of an inmate who was restrained and bent over a table
Counselor possessed a “vast amount of child pornography,” and is accused of victimizing a young boy depicted in some of the images
Gary Fork pleads to having sex with inmate, releasing her early from SWAP
The jail video shows an officer stomping on the neck of an inmate who is handcuffed and bent over a desk
Former Deputy Solomon Romero resigned recently amid allegations that he embezzled union funds
Recent investigation into sexual misconduct joins list of troubling incidents
Accused of using excessive force, including lethal quantities of tear gas in small prison cells
Victor Valdez, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, was serving a four-year sentence for assault when he died at the prison last November under controversial circumstances
400,000 inmates could claim piece of $55 million settlement
Three prison officers and a supervisor who were on duty during the attack face discipline
Suit alleges sex acts between inmates and officers, inmate fights were allowed, and inmates were stripped in held in isolation
The officer was arrested Oct. 16, 2009, hours after a female police officer discovered him in a jail cell with the prisoner
Prison spokesman says the staffers who are being disciplined did not follow policy in an escape that led to a man’s death
The inmate died of penile cancer that went untreated while he was held in a federal detention center awaiting deportation
Tapes show the man conspired to extort money from drug dealers in exchange for protection from investigation
Complaint says jailers regularly put stun guns in a “drive stun” mode designed to cause continuous pain to someone resisting an officer
Jury reaches verdict after three days; Man faces decades in jail for killing wife, laborer in staged robbery
Sgt. Eric Asbury, 32, was arrested Sept. 28 on charges of criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual penetration, according to records
Counselor found guilty by a federal jury of a single count of conspiracy to provide contraband to inmates, to accept bribes, and to commit assault and one count of soliciting a crime of violence
The inmate apparently died in a medical unit at the prison after suffering what other prisoners described as systematic abuse by officers
The Wisconsin investigator who revealed alleged sexual abuse committed by an officer claims to have been threatened by union employees