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Oregon Prisoner Assailant Shot to Death by On August 29, 2014, an Oregon prison guard shot and killed a prisoner for the first time in at least 30 years. Jayson Matthew Withers entered Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) custody on May 13, 2010. Sentenced to eight and a half years …
Rikers Island Guards Treat Mental Illness with Violence by Matthew Clarke With around 4,000 of its 11,000 prisoners classified as mentally ill, Rikers Island jail holds more psychiatric patients than all 24 of the psychiatric hospitals in New York State combined. In 2006, prisoners with mental illness comprised about 20% …
Article • August 4, 2016
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Illinois: Assistant Warden Fired for Helping Ex-Prisoner by Lonnie Burton On July 9, 2014, an assistant warden at the Dixon Correctional Center in Illinois was dismissed from his position and escorted off the prison grounds after it was discovered that he tried to give a former prisoner some money. Charles …
Suit Charges Florida Detainee Died of Neglect by David Reutter The estate of a pretrial detainee who was “neglected to death” sued Florida’s Broward County Jail (BCJ) and its medical contractor, Armor Correctional Health Services (Armor). In other BCJ news, a guard was acquitted of assaulting a pretrial detainee. Upon …
California Prison Staff Told to Fake Suicide Checks, Union Says by Joe Watson The new medical facility for prisoners in Stockton, California, run by the state's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), was supposed to help correct the systemic problems CDCR has in providing adequate medical, dental and mental health …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Bivens Claim, Discusses Inmate Accident Compensation Act by Derek Gilna On May 11, 2016, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s dismissal of a former prisoner’s civil rights action. Stephen Ted Koprowski, who was incarcerated at USP Ft. McCreary in …
$7,000 Settlement after Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New York Prisoner’s Suit by Derek Gilna In 2007, prisoner Aaron Willey filed a pro se federal civil rights lawsuit against guards employed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, alleging harassment, inadequate nutrition, theft of legal documents, …
Idaho DOC Can’t Stop Love; State Senator’s Ex-wife Weds Prisoner by Mark Wilson Lance Conway Wood, 48, was described as “a strong-willed inmate” with an extensive “history of ‘crossing the line’” who “exploits the human weaknesses of prison staff,” according to a federal judge. Wood, however, undoubtedly views himself as …
Los Angeles County Undersheriff Convicted on Federal Obstruction, Conspiracy Charges by Christopher Zoukis Paul K. Tanaka, 57, the former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the elected mayor of Gardena, California, was found guilty on federal charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice …
Oklahoma Jail Detainee Handcuffed, Pepper-sprayed and Choked to Death by Caddo County District Attorney Jason Hicks cited his interpretation of the state’s open records law as justification for withholding reports and video footage documenting the death of Darius Robinson at the county lockup in the rural town of Anadarko, Oklahoma. …
Denver Settles Suit over Sanctioned Assaults of Prisoner for $3.5 Million by On July 24, 2014, the City and County of Denver, Colorado signed off on a $3.5 million settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was allegedly beaten and scalded with steaming water by …
Article • August 1, 2016
BOP’s Guard’s Termination Reversed for Suspension; Back Pay Awarded by The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board mitigated the termination of a guard charged with two “failure to report” violations, reducing the penalty to a 30 day suspension and ordering back pay and benefits. Richard Andert was a guard at the …
Alabama Prisoners Bribed to Dance Nude for Doughnuts by Three Alabama jail guards have been charged in a “dancing for doughnuts” practice. Pickens County Jail guards Demetrius Harris, Anthony Lavender, and Chance Draper were charged with felony ethics violations for coercing female prisoners to dance nude for donuts and cell …
Publication • July 26, 2016
Staff Sexual Misconduct Report - Roan, WA DOC, 2006 --VVARNI~G THIS FILE IS THE PROPERTY OF THE HEADQUARTERS 1 PRISONS DIVISION l SPECIAL INVESTlATlONS UNIT', CONTENTS MAY BE DISCLOSED ONLY TO PERSONS WHOSE OFFICIAL DUTIES REQUIRE ACCESS. CONTENTS !ViA Y NOT BE DISCLOSED TO THE PARTY (S) CONCERNED NOR TO …
Publication • July 26, 2016
Staff Sexual Misconduct Report - Aguirre, WA DOC, 2006 CONFIDENTIAL State of Washington Department of Corrections Prisons Division Special Investigations Unit Case File HQ 02-16-06-FOl CONFIDENTIAL " r 14 b "i!1r. ~ Washington State Department of Corrections SID Investigative Report Case Number: HQ 02-16-06 FOl (WCCW) Case Opened: 02/22/06 Case …
Canadian Prison Staff, Cellmate Charged in Prisoner’s Beating Death by Joe Watson An understaffed, poorly-designed prison in Ontario, Canada has been under close scrutiny over the past three years after a prisoner serving a 165-day sentence was bludgeoned to death on Halloween night by a possibly intoxicated cellmate with a …
Illinois Sheriff Demotes One, Fires 3, Suspends 10 after Death of Jail Detainee by Derek Gilna Lake County, Illinois Sheriff Mark C. Curran, Jr. demoted a jail supervisor and suspended ten guards over an incident in which a prisoner was paralyzed after an altercation with jailers and later died. Three …
Florida Courthouse Employees Commit Crimes with “Alarming Regularity” by A local news station reported on March 29, 2016 that Joseph Safonte, 72, was placed on desk duty after becoming the target of an internal investigation into the theft of items from the lost and found at the courthouse in Broward …
Mississippi DOC Guard Trainee Busted for Smuggling Contraband by Sherrice Richardson, a guard trainee at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution, was arrested on January 25, 2016 and charged for her role in a major contraband smuggling ring at the facility. Richardson, 22, admitted to prison officials that she had been …
Connecticut Prisoner Wins Motion for Sanctions over Destruction of Evidence; Case Settles for $40,000 by Derek Gilna Connecticut state prisoner Tye Thomas won an important pretrial motion that found employees of the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) were “grossly negligent” in failing to preserve key video surveillance footage of assaults …
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