Soledad CA Aug 16 2019 Correctional officers at Soledad State Prison fired nine rounds as warning shots during their response to a 200-inmate riot Thursday morning, according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation news release. The large-scale riot started at about 11 a.m. at the prison, which houses 5,400 medium- and minimum-security inmates and […]
BESSEMER, Ala. July 20 2019– More than 350 law enforcement officers from multiple agencies and 150 correctional officers deployed to the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer to find and remove illegal contraband from the prison. The operation recovered 500 makeshift weapons, 120 grams of assorted drugs, 26 contraband cell phones, and 30 gallons […]
Shirley MA December 30 2018 A 35-year-old corrections officer at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, a maximum-security facility in Shirley, is accused of punching an 86-year-old inmate three times earlier this month. Court records obtained by MassLive show Joseph Sampson of Westminster was arraigned on Dec. 21 on a charge of assault and battery with serious […]
Delaware County PA Sept 3 2018 In Delaware County, a correctional officer is under arrest Friday evening and charged with trying to smuggle drugs into the George Hill Correctional Facility. He faces felony contraband charges. Only Action News was there as that officer walked out of court in handcuffs. Last night Bramiir Cannon reported to […]
Kane County IL July 23 2018 A Kane County corrections officer was accused of sexually assaulting an inmate, officials said. John H. Johnson, 52, of Elgin, was charged with sexual assault, custodial sexual misconduct and official misconduct, officials said. Johnson, who also is a Elgin library security guard, turned himself into authorities Friday night after an […]
Columbia SC June 6 2018 A correctional officer with just two months under her belt could spend years in prison after she tried to smuggle a cellphone into Turbeville Correctional Institution, prison officials announced Monday. Kyontae Ty’ Tiauna Moni Stroman, of 1340 Longcreek Drive, Apartment 1217, Columbia was arrested Sunday and charged with furnishing or attempting […]
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. May 1 2018 – An officer at a South Florida juvenile detention center is facing federal charges after a 17-year-old died after a beating by other inmates that was encouraged by the officer, an indictment stated. Antwan Lenard Johnson, 35, was arrested Monday morning as he arrived to work at the Miami-Dade Regional […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. April 16 2018 Seven inmates have been killed and at least 17 others seriously injured amid fighting between prisoners inside a maximum security prison in South Carolina. Prisons spokesman Jeff Taillon announced the grim outcome after State Law Enforcement Division agents helped secure Lee Correctional Institution around 3 a.m. Monday. Taillon said no officers […]
MONROE, La. March 12 2018 A man who worked as a corrections officer at the Richwood Correctional Facility has been arrested. 41-year old Tyre Manning was found with contraband during a routine shakedown Reports say shakedowns are done before and after every shift prior to entering and exiting the inmate housing area. Manning had two […]
Denver CO March 7 2018 Agents from the Colorado Inspector General’s Office arrested a prison correctional officer and the 64-year-old mother of a Sterling Correctional Facility inmate shortly after the pair made a drug exchange at a McDonald’s restaurant, officials say. Mark Christian English, 31, of Sterling, and Lora Wilson have been arrested for investigation […]