Grand jury clears Essex County correctional officers in inmate death case
TRENTON, NJ – A state grand jury has declined to criminally charge any Essex County correctional police officers in connection with the December 2021 death of inmate Daniel Gelin, 27, of Elizabeth,…
Former Oklahoma Supervisory Correctional Officer Sentenced for Promoting White Supremacist Assault on Black Inmates and Ordering Other Abuse
OKLAHOMA CITY – A former supervisory correctional officer at the Kay County Detention Center (KCDC) was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for…
Correctional officer smuggled drugs inside bags of chips at Monmouth County Jail
FREEHOLD, NJ – A Shamong man who worked as a correctional officer at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution has pleaded guilty to providing inmates with drugs in chip bags, according to Acting…
Inmate Indicted for Attempting to Murder Correctional Officers
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment charging a federal inmate with an assaulting two correctional officers. According to court documents, Warren Richardson, 46, of…
Correctional Officer Charged with Accepting Bribes and Smuggling Contraband into NEOCC
CLEVELAND – A Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NEOCC) correctional officer was charged on Nov. 14, 2022, in a four-count Information for his role in a scheme to smuggle contraband into the NEOCC…
Former Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes to Smuggle Contraband into Federal Prison
OKLAHOMA CITY – KACIE DEYO, 30, formerly of Yukon, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty today to accepting bribes while serving as a Correctional Officer at a federal prison in El Reno, Oklahoma, announced U.S. Attorney…
Former BOP Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Committing COVID-Relief Fraud
Jackson, Miss. – A Flora woman pleaded guilty today to carrying out a scheme to defraud the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in…
Correctional Officer Charged with Accepting Bribes to Smuggle Contraband into William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A former corrections officer at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility has been charged for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle cell phones, controlled substances, and other contraband…
Former California Correctional Officer Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Civil Rights Violations Regarding Assaults on Inmates and Cover Up Inside CSP Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arturo Pacheco, 40, of Elk Grove, was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison for criminal civil rights violations for the on‑duty assault of two inmates…
Former Washington State Correctional Officer Sentenced to Forty-Six Months in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Smuggle Drugs and Cell Phones into the Benton County Jail
Richland, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Eric Christian, age 34, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced by Chief District Judge…
FCI Dublin Correctional Officer Faces Sexual Abuse Charges Against Two Additional Incarcerated Victims
OAKLAND–A grand jury handed down a superseding indictment today charging former FCI Dublin correctional officer John Russell Bellhouse with sexual abuse charges against two additional female inmates. “The additional charges unsealed…
Female Inmate Charged for Assaulting Correctional Officers with Improvised Weapon
NEW CASTLE, DE – The Delaware State Police are investigating after a female inmate at the James T Vaughn Correctional Center attacked two correctional officers with an improvised weapon last month. Delaware…
New Jersey Correctional Officer Admits Accepting Bribe
CAMDEN, N.J. – A correctional officer at the Salem County Correctional Facility today admitted accepting a bribe in exchange for agreeing to smuggle a telephone into the jail for a prisoner, U.S.…
Former Federal Correctional Officer Sentenced to Prison for Lying About Engaging in Unlawful Sexual Activity with Jail Inmate
LOS ANGELES – A former correctional officer at the federal jail in downtown Los Angeles was sentenced to a prison term today for lying to investigators about his sexual activity with…
Final Defendants, Including Former Correctional Officer, Sentenced for Prison Corruption Scheme at Jessup Correctional Institution
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced a former Correctional Officer, an inmate, and an outside “facilitator” this week in connection with a federal racketeering conspiracy at the Jessup…
Kansas Attorney Sentenced for Smuggling Heroin into Correctional Center
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Shawnee, Kansas, attorney was sentenced in federal court today for smuggling heroin to an inmate at the Western Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron, Mo., with whom she…
Former Correctional Officer Charged with Smuggling Contraband into Brooklyn Federal Jail
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Jeremy Monk, a former correctional officer employed by the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP), with attempting to provide contraband…
Former BOP Correctional Officer Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud
Jackson, Miss. – A Flora woman was arrested Monday after being indicted by a federal grand jury on criminal charges related to her alleged fraud scheme involving federal COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program…
Former California Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violations for Assaults on Inmates and Cover Up Inside CSP-Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arturo Pacheco, 40, of Elk Grove, pleaded guilty today to criminal civil rights violations for the on‑duty assault of two inmates entrusted to his care and to submitting false reports…
Former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Covering up Assault of Inmate
ASHLAND, Ky. – A Morehead, Ky., man, and former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Center (EKCC) officer, Derek A. Mays, 32, pleaded guilty to an information on Monday, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning,…
Three Former Hawaii Correctional Officers Convicted of Civil Rights Violations for Assaulting an Inmate and Attempting to Cover it Up
WASHINGTON – On July 8, after a three-week trial, a federal jury convicted three former correctional officers at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center — Jason Tagaloa, 31, Craig Pinkney, 38, and Jonathan…