A former Montgomery County Sheriff’s sergeant accused in a lawsuit of beating jailed homeless veteran Joseph Guglielmo into a coma announced before the incident that he planned to “beat that old man’s (expletive),” according to testimony in the lawsuit from another former sergeant. Sgt. Eric Banks, who retired from the department on medical disability this … Read more
JOHNSTOWN, N.Y. – Fulton County Sheriff, Richard Giardino reports that Eric Sweet, a sergeant at the Fulton County Correctional Facility was arrested yesterday afternoon after an investigation into comments he made at the correctional facility on Tuesday. He allegedly said he would go into the control room, get a secured weapon, shoot the control room … Read more
Prison officials, after using an unwitting female inmate as “bait” to nab a randy corrections officer, made her life miserable once she refused to cooperate, a federal lawsuit charges. Prisoner Yekatrina Pusepa, in a 60-page federal document, claims state corrections officials threw her to the wolves after she spurned their overtures in the probe. They … Read more
Convicted ex-Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office administration chief Joe Russell will be sentenced to 15 months in prison for illegally profiting off inmates through the sale of JailCigs, Judge Marvin Aspen decided Thursday. Aspen said that Russell must surrender himself to the U.S. Marshals at 10 a.m. on Jan. 22. The judge also indicated that Russell’s … Read more
A Louisiana man is scheduled to walk free Wednesday after spending nearly 50 years in prison for the rape and kidnapping of a nurse. A judge threw out the conviction of Wilbert Jones two weeks ago, calling the prosecution’s case “weak at best” and saying authorities had withheld evidence that could have cleared Jones years ago. Prosecutors … Read more
Bobby Hutt died of cancer in October 2014, after suffering for over a year. His sisters say the Vermont Department of Corrections “killed him” by waiting until the cancer got so bad that Bobby’s leg broke beneath him. Like many people who have lost a loved one to cancer, his sisters look back on his … Read more
PHILADELPHIA – The private company that runs the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County has settled a civil lawsuit by agreeing to pay $7 million to the family of an Upper Darby woman who committed suicide in 2015, as well as make vast policy changes at the institution, attorneys for the family announced … Read more
Attorney Darold Killmer, corresponding via email, responds like so: “This astonishing testimony, from a trainer at the jail, shows clearly why inmates keep getting killed and maimed at the Denver jail. Mr. Yamaguchi should be first in line to receive the new training required by the Marshall settlement. In the meantime, he should be removed … Read more
Dustin Porter said he has recurring nightmares of the attack dog that lunged at him in a slippery jail hallway: “I’ll wake up right before he bites me.” Josh Olsen said he was told to wear long-sleeved shirts to hide the marks made on his arm by the jolts of a stun gun. Josh Asay … Read more
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A correctional officer has been arrested, accused of pulling a shotgun on a victim after getting into an argument over a pair of shoes. According to a probable cause document, police were called to the Dollar General on West Brevard Street on Wednesday about an aggravated assault with a firearm. When they … Read more
A former guard at the jail in Hazard was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years and six months in federal prison for beating an inmate who later died. Damon Wayne Hickman, 40, will have to serve at least 85 percent of the sentence, or nearly nine years. That is because there is no parole in the … Read more
Nearly two years after Michael Marshall was killed by Denver deputy sheriffs at the downtown jail, the city has agreed to pay his family $4.65 million. But because Marshall was schizophrenic, the family insisted that new policies be put in place to train officers on how to deal with mentally ill inmates. They hope that … Read more