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.
Several employees at the Calico Rock prison were suspended and another demoted for allowing inmates to use an outdoor kitchen dock unsupervised
The Allegheny County Jail officer was recorded holding a barbed wire bat and saying “I don’t give a [expletive], [racial slur]-beater” in a video posted online
The ex-Northern State Prison officer pleaded guilty to conspiracy and will lose his job, $6K in proceeds and the right to hold public office in N.J.
John Basco’s death is the 14th this year at the jail, which has faced criticism over inmate deaths, escapes and other incidents
According to county detectives, the attack occurred last month after the CO unlocked a cell and allowed two inmates to enter the cell and assault the inmate in it
Werner Gramajo, a senior corrections officer at Northern State Prison in Newark, smuggled cash and goods into the prison for Thomas De Vingo, a 64-year-old inmate
Faith Rose Gratz, 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine
Officials are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for James Theodore Highhouse
The former CO says he’s “deeply remorseful”
Suit alleges Associate Warden Antonio Pires, 48, used his position to “manipulate and coerce” her into a brief sexual relationship and then gave her unfavorable assignments when she ended it
Ray Garcia, 55, former warden at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif., already faces federal charges alleging he sexually abused inmates and forced them to pose nude for him
Thomas Lee Hicks, 30, faces a count of second-degree murder and child cruelty charges in connection with the Aug. 9 incident
The 25 state correctional officers were accused in 2019 of using excessive force against inmates and functioning as a criminal enterprise in jails around the city
Arcadio Rodriguez, 30, who worked at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, was arrested, and his employment with the department is pending termination
Court ruled a jury could find that punching the inmate in the face and applying pressure to her neck, back and legs after her resistance was controlled was excessive
Knowingly filing a false report could lead to termination and criminal charges
Prosecutor will not oppose post-conviction litigation in eight cases following a 2019 review of cases related to allegations of police misconduct involving Reynaldo Guevara
Rape and sexual battery of female inmates at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center “was rampant, routine, and widespread,” according to the woman’s lawsuit
The incident drew national attention when Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced that the reporter who wrote the story was under criminal investigation
Gregory A. Evans admitted he abused an inmate by strangling him, putting him in a chokehold, and punching him in April 2021
Leesa L. Wiseman’s attorney said the verdict recognized the years of discrimination, mistreatment and retaliation that his client endured
Prosecutors said the officers can be seen on surveillance video walking past Feliciano and taking no action for seven minutes and 51 seconds
The women claim that a jail officer gave two male detainees keys to the interior of the jail in exchange for $1,000
“We failed to put his handcuffs back on after he was scanned and he was able to walk out of the booking area and walk out of the building,” an official said
Officials allege she aided two-time murder suspect by spreading word throughout the jail that a co-defendant was “talking” to police and prosecutors
Another guard from the facility known as New Folsom already has pleaded guilty in connection with the inmate’s death and an attempt to cover it up by filing phony reports
One of the greatest sources of demoralization for corrections staff of all disciplines is “losing” one of their own to justice-involved individuals
Toby Dorr talks about her path from dog program volunteer to helping convicted murderer John Manard escape from a Lansing, Kansas prison
“After failing to protect them, the very least BOP can do now is let these women leave and begin to heal,” an official said
The pair were captured after U.S. Marshals pursued their vehicle and crashed into it; CO Vicky White died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
It’s a key position in a prison system that has struggled to rein in criminal behavior, particularly at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women
The vehicle was found in an impound lot in Tennessee, where it sat for nearly a week before authorities realized they had it
The deputy said he wanted to reward the inmates for helping clean the housing pod
