Investigations
The Investigations topic provides in-depth coverage of investigative procedures, techniques, and case studies within the corrections field.
The inmate broke the screen glass of the video visitation kiosk located inside an isolation unit and used the glass to assault the CO
A Rikers Island CO who enjoys anime testified to smuggling drugs into the jail hidden in issues of the popular manga “Demon Slayer,” under orders from a gang leader
The lawsuit claims that conversations with inmates in city jails are likely recorded and stored on unregulated servers managed by the Correction Department
The CO is asking the court to reverse the board’s decision, removing the termination letter from his personnel file and giving him back pay
In one incident, an inmate bit a deputy so hard that the inmate’s teeth went through two layers of clothing and broke the skin, Sheriff Paul Miyamoto said
Prison officials were called to a “disturbance” in a housing unit at New Folsom when the inmate “charged and began to hit staff;" COs then began to restrain the inmate
The items sold to inmates included 173 cell phones, headphones, screen protectors, phone chargers, sim cards and other types of contraband, the indictment said
The BOP stated that the bureau had “taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure — and most critical — employee misconduct”
The Erie County Holding Center inmate died after being restrained in 2012
The union that represents affected workers urged San Francisco leaders to deploy the California National Guard to make up for understaffing at county jails and to bolster security
The inmate made the bombs at some point during a four-month period and mailed them to courthouses in Alaska and D.C.
Two COs were trying to handcuff an inmate, but he resisted, retrieved a weapon and stabbed one officer twice and sliced another officer’s hand, CDCR said
The suspects used coded communications such as describing a picture of marijuana as “nuggets” and an officer willing to bring in drugs as an “Uber,” prosecutors said
The inmate charged at four COs and as the inmate was being restrained, he bit an officer’s thumb and elbowed a second officer in the stomach before spitting bloody saliva onto another officer
Lt. Rodney Osborne was at the academy’s tactical firing range when he was fatally shot, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said
A Vierno Center nurse said the staff, and the union, raise safety concerns on a regular basis and that short staffing remains a problem
A 2020 evaluation report by the state found that “several conditions at the state prisons reduce safety, including persistent staffing shortages, heavy overtime use, suspensions of prisoner activities, unprofessional workplace relationships, limited oversight and outdated infrastructure”
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen is petitioning the county Superior Court to resentence 14 men — all being held in San Quentin State Prison — to terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole
The inmate attempted to facilitate the killings through his cellmate at Corrigan, court documents state
Between September 2020 and May 2022, a group of inmates housed at Donaldson Correctional Facility used telephone scams called “skits” to trick Home Depot employees into activating pre-paid gift cards
K-9 Rivan, who was assigned to the Sussex I State Prison, “lost his life while potentially saving the lives of two people, his assigned officer and an inmate,” VADOC said
Weld County deputies searched the cell from which the smoke was coming but were unable to find the source of the smoke; when they searched the bathroom, they found lithium-ion batteries wrapped in a white t-shirt in a toilet bowl
The former CO created a digital token he called Blazar Token and marketed it to police, fire personnel, EMTs and other first responders with the promise that it would supplement their pension plan
Police tracked the inmate and his accomplice down about 36 hours after their escape, but the pair is also suspected in the killings of two men while they were on the run
Correctional officers found the inmate on a highway about 100 yards from the Kauai Community Correctional Center less than 10 minutes after he escaped
In the last year, the city’s prison system has dealt with several escapes, including the escape of four incarcerated people within a span of six months
Auditors added “reliance on unsupported software increases risk over the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information in the department’s custody. There appears to be a lack of management oversight”
Following the staged escape that wounded three COs, IDOC is working with Centurion Health, its medical health care provider, to find ways to reduce the number of hospital transports
The CO believed he was being shot at when the rear window of his car was shattered, but what broke his window turned out to be a thrown paint can
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