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 detention officer’s chip bags were searched after she allegedly left her post without permission or even the knowledge of her supervisor
The detention officer at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center admitted to ordering food on DoorDash and “going out of her assigned area to deliver the food to the inmate’s pod”
The inmate obtained wholesale quantities of prepackaged methamphetamine from suppliers outside the prison and the CO would arrange meet-up times to pick up the drugs, documents state
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
The ex-jailers lied to FBI agents regarding the mental state of an inmate who died in custody two years ago
Busted after attempting to buy drugs from undercover detectives
Ranking officer said to have committed fraternization with female inmate at Metropolitan Detention Center
Officer arrested for domestic violence; supervisor allegedly took bribes to get inmates out of jail
Inmates claim their food was poisoned by jail employees as a prank
Some ask whether incidents caught on tape are hindering officers
Has been suspended five times and received three written reprimands during his 18-year police career
After the officers falsified evidence in a slew of cases, charges have been dropped against 200 suspects