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 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 special review from the inspector general found CDCR wrongfully closed and reclassified 595 complaints of staff misconduct as “routine grievances” between Feb. 24, 2022, and Feb. 27, 2023
Jurors late Monday acquitted John Paul Hernandez on 14 counts in 11 indictments that alleged he sexually abused five inmates at in 2004 and 2005
Youth prison principal is accused of abusing inmates
The man reportedly sold 14 grams of cocaine to an undercover police officer
Claims she was treated illegally during her 2008 arrest
Deputy was charged with tampering with evidence, culpable negligence, aggravated battery and three counts of official misconduct
The inmate had unleashed a barrage of insults on the deputy during a ride to the county jail
Suit seeks more than $250,000 in compensatory and punitive damages from Lackawanna County
The Rikers Island officer let her sweetheard, a Bloods gang member, call inmates in other jails
Inmates claim they were forced to remain naked for hours and rub an anti-lice cream on their bodies
The worker is accused of brazenly using his job to prey on the underage girls in his custody at the Manhattan Family Court building.
The veteran lawman was convicted of conspiracy, mail fraud and witness tampering in 2009 and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison
Inmate was awarded $625,000 after Ohio prison officials did nothing to prevent officer’s sexual assault
The official, Elizabeth Tavares, was said to be behind the perpetuation of an employee selection process that gave opportunities to less qualified job applicants
Raymond Martin, longtime sheriff of southern Illinois’ Gallatin County, trafficked marijuana on the job and plotted to have a witness killed.
The Augusta man gets jail time and probation for having illegal sexual contact with an inmate
The counselor with New York City’s Department of Juvenile Justice was tasked with picking up offenders at detention facilities and bringing them to court
Records show inmate was hurt so severly in attack by officers that his body was covered with deep bruises, his face was swollen and at least one tooth was missing
Coalition writes to Gov.-elect Deal, cites beatings.
Suit claims the jail and its medical service failed to properly treat and protect a psychotic inmate
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