Investigations
Investigations within correctional facilities are essential for uncovering misconduct, criminal activity, and policy violations. This directory provides articles and resources on conducting effective investigations, including evidence gathering, interviewing, and reporting techniques. Understanding the investigative process is crucial for maintaining integrity and safety within the facility. For more on related practices, visit our section on Escapes.
At some prisons, gangs are “effectively running the facilities,” in part due to a lack of staff, using violence to maintain control, the consultants’ report says
The settlement closes an investigation into San Luis Obispo County jail conditions sparked by the 2017 death of an inmate in restraints
Seth Adam Depiano, already serving a 13-year sentence for a $24M Ponzi scheme, now faces charges of wire fraud and identity theft in connection to a new $10 million scheme
The 27-year veteran with CDCR was accused of rampant sexual abuse during his time at Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla
The DOJ said Alvin S. Glenn COs learned of two inmate killings from outsider calls: one via voicemail and another by someone watching a Facebook Live of the killing
The Brooks family’s federal lawsuit against the COs calls for criminal charges and reform, citing systemic abuse at Marcy Correctional Facility
The Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy said he was delivering lunch trays when he was overtaken by the inmate and pulled inside the cell
The investigation started when an inmate’s parents came to visit him at Indian Creek Correctional Center, smuggling buprenorphine, Naloxone strips and meth
The lawsuit claims safety lapses under the California Model enabled a violent inmate to take a Sierra Conservation Center correctional officer hostage and assault her
Authorities say the inmate used a paring knife to attack a deputy during a routine cell check at the Onondaga County Justice Center
Authorities say the Telfair State Prison inmate used prison phones and outside contacts to carry out the alleged fraud, targeting family members and friends of his fellow inmates
The inmate died hours after multiple corrections officers were caught on bodycam video assaulting him at Marcy Correctional Facility
A Lorain County corrections officer is accused of hitting an inmate’s head into a wall; he has been placed on administrative leave
Virginia Beach deputies said they restrained the inmate because he was uncooperative and combative; he experienced a medical emergency and was taken to a hospital
The DOJ agreement with Fulton County includes new safety policies, staffing upgrades and improved mental health care
The FBI says Milan Federal Correctional Institution inmate David Verner used a smuggled cellphone to demand money and send explicit messages
The attorney general usually probes in-custody deaths, but Letitia James said four COs under investigation in the death of Robert Brooks have lawyers from her office
Investigators say correction officers blocked care for a sick woman on six separate occasions, leading to her death from organ failure
Gov. Hochul said corrections leaders have already expanded a policy requiring staff to activate body cameras whenever they come into contact with incarcerated people
Corrections Officer Andrew Lansing died from a brain bleed after an inmate attack at Ross Correctional Institution on Christmas Day
Body camera video, released by the state attorney general, shows multiple Marcy Correctional Facility COs striking Robert Brooks, who later died in a hospital
A Shakopee State Prison inmate allegedly funneled state benefits through a fraud scheme involving a personal care attendant in Chicago
The New York AG called the video of Robert Brooks’ death “shocking;” 14 Marcy Correctional Facility COs and employees were fired in response
Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered the firing of 14 employees, most of whom are correctional officers, for their involvement in the attack
The move comes after more than a decade of complaints, audits, class action lawsuits and threats of a DOJ lawsuit
The racketeering case against three gang members, filed in 2019, aimed to move California’s most violent gangsters from state prisons to BOP restrictive housing units
Between October 2023 and February 2024, juvenile CO vacancies increased from 15% to 39%; of the 118 officers hired in 2023, 79% had left by August of 2024
The Justice Department will pay an average of about $1.1 million to each of 103 women who sued the Bureau of Prisons over their treatment at FCI Dublin
Alameda County deputies repeatedly walked by the inmate days before he was declared dead, with some wondering aloud “is (Monk) awake? Is he alive?”, the lawsuit alleges
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