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 Multnomah County corrections deputies are accused of “door popping” so inmates could leave their cells and attack other inmates
Eric Nantell, former correctional supervisor at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, was convicted of depriving the inmate’s civil rights, tampering with a witness victim or informant and making false statements
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
Suit alleges systemic abuse and neglect of gay and transgender immigrants while in custody at facilities owned or contracted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Maricopa County officials also said that Arpaio’s office had spent the money on unsuccessful criminal cases brought against two county officials and a judge
Officer accused of stealing more than $147,000 from 96-year-old widow, and making himself the sole beneficiary of her $500,000 annuity
Officials say MDC officer brought drugs, $3,000 cash to jail
Taxpayers paid $272,900 for time when the 66 employees were absent during the three-month sample period from June through August last year
Man is charged with driving to the Butte-Silver Bow County Courthouse on Nov. 13 while under the influence of methadone
The prosecution said Malasig forced the inmate, who lives as a female, to perform oral sex on him
Was allegedly involved with “threatening bodily harm”
Laurie A. Blum, 45, was convicted earlier this month of felony second-degree sexual assault by correctional staff
Firefighter Michael Kelly, 33, of Lincoln Place and corrections officer Anthony Berger, 28, of West Mifflin face charges of aggravated assault
Corrections officer also slapped with a huge fine for providing contraband to inmates and soliciting violent crimes
Worker downloaded images depicting babies, preteens and early adolescents in various sexual settings, including bondage
5 other officers are accused of helping cover up the beating at New Jersey State Prison
On Tuesday, former correctional officer Dwayne Jones admitted he brought cannabis to work and was sentenced to 18 months probation
The female officers working at Rikers Island are sex-starved and promiscuous with the prisoners they are there to keep in line, says a former officer
Brandon McKinney, 34, is charged with sexual abuse of a ward, which carries a maximum 15 years in prison
Two current corrections officers and two former workers have been charged with dealing cocaine at the Pennsylvania facility
Deal made after a lawsuit alleged that jailers routinely used stun guns on inmates who pose no threat
The prison administrators delivered a television to a private residence last month in a county-owned vehicle
Juan M. Canales, 42, of Dover Township, had been charged with simple assault, reckless driving and five counts of reckless endangerment
The cook, a non-sworn employee of the Sheriff’s Department, supervised the victims and several other women in the kitchen at the Orange County Jail
Jason Ellis will return to work with a demotion and 30-day suspension
A surveillance camera recorded a sheriff’s deputy forcing a man face down into raw sewage
An investigation revealed that the deputy planned to have a physical relationship with an inmate once he was transferred to a state prison
Woman was arrested Dec. 29, 2009, on suspicion of stealing $3,000 worth of merchandise from a Target store
Chastain Montgomery Sr. faces two counts of unlawfully killing an employee of the United States
Officer recently backed out of a deal saying he could come back to work provided he accept a demotion to sergeant and what amounts to a 30-day suspension
Corrections officer David Padilla was blamed when a New York inmate escaped five years ago
The officers were arrested on criminal charges stemming from an alleged assault of an inmate during a prison strike in December, officials said.