Top New Jersey state corrections official who sold job security for cash sentenced to prison
TRENTON, NJ – A former high-ranking official in the New Jersey Department of Corrections was sentenced Thursday to 46 months in federal prison for extorting an employee in exchange for helping secure…
Piperno and Eulner plan to support corrections officers’ health, safety and staffing levels through legislation
by Marilyn Piperno TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywomen Marilyn Piperno and Kim Eulner say Gov. Phil Murphy’s ill-advised mandates are prioritizing prisoners over officers to the detriment of the state’s correctional system and public…
St. Louis City corrections officer pleads guilty to violating the civil rights of a prisoner
ST. LOUIS – United States District Court Judge Matthew T. Schelp accepted a plea of guilty from Demeria Thomas, age 38, on today’s date for deprivation of rights under color of law…
Former Georgia Department of Corrections Inmate Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Defraud Victims
SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that an Atlanta, Georgia man, who was an inmate serving time in the Georgia Department of Corrections at the time of his…
Former corrections officer arraigned on drug trafficking and contraband charges
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Dennis Dean Garcia, Jr., 34, of Grants, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court on Feb. 2 on one count each of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams…
Former Corrections Officer Sentenced in Public Corruption Case
MOBILE, AL – A Monroeville, Alabama woman was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bribery. According to court documents, Lakerdra Shanta Snowden, 31, was charged with conspiracy…
Eerie County Corrections Officer charged for providing prison contraband
BUFFALO, NY – Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 48-year-old Jason Stachowski of Buffalo was arraigned this afternoon before Alden Town Court Justice Michael Cole on one count of…
New Jersey Department of Corrections officer charged with criminal sexual contact
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ – A former New Jersey Department of Corrections Officer charged in February 2018 pleaded guilty this week to criminal sexual contact, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson announced. Ronald Coleman,…
Former Corrections Officer at the Iowa Medical Classification Center Sentenced to Federal Prison for False Declarations Before a Grand Jury
DAVENPORT, Iowa – An Iowa City man, Lashaun Calvin Lacy, age 44, was sentenced on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to three months…
Former Kay County Oklahoma Supervisory Corrections Officer Indicted for Civil Rights Violations
OKLAHOMA CITY—A federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging a former Kay County Oklahoma supervisory corrections officer with federal civil rights violations, announced Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the…
Former Trousdale Turner Supervisory Corrections Officer Indicted For Civil Rights Violations And Obstruction Charges
NASHVILLE – A federal indictment unsealed today charged former supervisory corrections officer Kenan Lister, 42, of Clarksville, Tennessee, with federal civil rights and obstruction offenses, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart…
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