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• DA: Detainee beaten after he called NY corrections officer lazy

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  Schenectady County Court charged Eugene Sellie with two counts each of felony assault and official misconduct

• Mass. faults officers' use of force against ICE detainees

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  The sheriff's office said it stands by its response and is awaiting results of a "truly independent investigation"

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  Body-worn cameras provide an objective record that can discourage bad behavior, decrease the likelihood of frivolous grievances and make it easier to investigate when incidents do occur

• Justice Department sues Ala. over prison conditions

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  The lawsuit comes after the Justice Department twice released investigative reports that accused the state of violating prisoner's rights

• Records: Fla. CO had string of violent incidents before fatal beating of inmate

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  Michael Riley Jr., 27, was involved in 22 use-of-force reports during the 10-month period before the fatal encounter

• Report: NYC jails see record high rate of force used by staffers during COVID-19

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  Use of force incidents soared to 719 in March, according to data presented in the 296-page report

• Calif. county agrees to spend $250M to improve jail conditions

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  The county has lessened solitary confinement, reduced COs' use of force and improved its mental health facilities

• Former Ohio CO pleads not guilty to assaulting inmate with mental illness

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  Charles Enoch is charged with first-degree misdemeanor assault in the November 2018 attack of an inmate with a mental illness

• Pa. CO accused of assaulting inmate found not guilty of excessive force

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  William Cappalonga claimed his actions were warranted to ensure the inmate didn't continue to attack COs during the 2018 incident

• Use of force at issue in former Pa. corrections officer's trial

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  William Cappalonga is accused of threatening to kill an inmate as he repeatedly slammed his head against the floor

• Fla. deputy on administrative leave after jail altercation with teen

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  A surveillance video shows Deputy Neil Pizzo grabbing the teen's neck with one hand and strikes him with the other

• Judge: Calif. COs must wear body cams after evidence of inmate abuse

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  The judge is giving the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation five months to get the body-worn devices into use

• Excessive force: Correctional officers must intercede and report

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  When you see another CO using force you know is unreasonable, you are required to intercede

• 4 Ala. COs indicted for allegedly using excessive force against inmate

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  The indictment alleges that the COs used excessive force to punish an inmate who ran out of his cell at the Bibb Correctional Facility

• Ala. DOC 'disappointed' by DOJ report

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  ADOC said the 30-page report "hinders the progress made by our department"

• Federal review: Ala. inmates subjected to excessive force

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  The report found that violence is so common that some COs consider it normal

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