NEWARK, NJ – A former corrections officer from New Jersey has admitted to orchestrating fraud schemes targeting first responders, resulting in over $600,000 in losses. In federal court, John DeSalvo,…
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — Jordan Kelsheimer, a 25-year-old former corrections officer from Blanford, Indiana, has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison after pleading guilty to accepting bribes as…
NASHVILLE, TN – James Stewart Justice, a former corrections officer at the Maury County Jail in Tennessee, was sentenced to 15 months in prison followed by one year of supervised…
Two other former corrections officers at U.S. Penitentiary Big Sandy in Kentucky – Samuel Patrick, 41, and Clinton Pauley, 42 – previously pleaded guilty to related offenses and were sentenced…
Two other former corrections officers at U.S. Penitentiary Big Sandy in Kentucky – Samuel Patrick, 41, and Clinton Pauley, 42 – previously pleaded guilty to related offenses and were sentenced…
New York, NY – An off-duty New York City Department of Corrections employee, Shanell Reliford, 40, was arrested and charged with assault and harassment late Friday night. The incident occurred…
NEW YORK – Paul Coleman, a 44-year-old off-duty employee of the New York City Department of Corrections, was arrested on Tuesday, January 23, at 12:02 PM. The arrest occurred within…
NEW YORK, NY – Damrie Aquino, a 50-year-old New York City Department of Corrections employee, was arrested on Thursday, January 11, at 1:27 AM within the 23 Precinct. Aquino, who…
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA – Allegheny County Police arrested corrections officer William Kemp III for allegedly bringing illegal narcotics into the Allegheny County Jail. The arrest followed a December 30 investigation…
Harvard President Accused Of Plagiarism Issues Corrections To Articles Involving ‘Quotation Marks And Citations’ Brandon Poulter on December 15, 2023 Harvard President Claudine Gay issued two corrections to articles following…
NEW YORK CITY, NY — On December 9, 2023, Richard Irving, a 37-year-old off-duty employee of the New York City Department of Corrections, was arrested and charged with assault within…
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Carlos Rodriguez-Cruz, age 32, formerly of Puerto Rico, and an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution,…
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced the arrest of Jason Middleton, a 35-year-old Suffolk County Corrections Officer, for alleged sexual misconduct and official misconduct.…
OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ – A corrections recruit has been arrested after a privacy invasion incident at a Target store in Ocean Township. Marc K. Pierre, 28, of Neptune City, was…
The Justice Department, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), a program office of its Office of Justice Programs, and the National Institute of Corrections (NIC), today announced the launch…
GREAT FALLS — A corrections officer who worked at the Fort Peck Tribe’s detention center admitted today to a civil rights violation for assaulting an inmate, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich…
NEW YORK, NY – An off-duty Correction Officer was taken into custody early Tuesday morning on charges of driving while intoxicated. Joseph Ramos, 40, was arrested in the 40th Precinct…
NEW YORK, NY – Louie Herschtein, a 59-year-old off-duty employee of the New York City Department of Corrections, was arrested and charged on Thursday, October 26, within the jurisdiction of…
PORTLAND, Ore.—A former Oregon Department of Corrections employee was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison today for sexually assaulting nine female inmates while serving as a nurse at the…
PORTLAND, Ore.—A former Oregon Department of Corrections employee was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison today for sexually assaulting nine female inmates while serving as a nurse at the…
FISHKILL, NY – An incident at the Fishkill Correctional Facility on Monday evening resulted in a corrections officer sustaining a gunshot wound to his leg. Emergency services attended to the…
Memphis, TN – Two former tactical officers for the Tennessee Department of Corrections Strike Force pleaded guilty for their roles in the assault of an inmate and the cover up…
BROOKLYN, NY – A federal complaint was unsealed today against James Internicola, a New York City Department of Correction (DOC) officer, accusing him of federal program fraud. Internicola was taken…
NEW YORK, NY – Preston Ritter, a 37-year-old male employed by the NYC Department of Corrections, was arrested on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. within the 106 Precinct on charges of…
NEW YORK, NY – An off-duty New York City Department of Corrections employee, Carlos Blackwood, was arrested Friday night in the area governed by the 105 Precinct. Blackwood, a 43-year-old…