Police Misconduct Blog


Wisconsin Teen Left Brain Damaged in Juvenile Prison

Wisconsin Teen Left Brain Damaged in Juvenile Prison

$19 Million Paid to Family of Teen Left Brain Damaged at Copper Lake School This blog normally covers the untimely deaths of prison inmates and those wrongfully shot by the police. Those stories are already tragic. Tragic because a human life was snuffed out and tragic because those in jail and...


Hell in a Mississippi Prison, Complete with Fires – Hello MTC

Hell in a Mississippi Prison, Complete with Fires – Hello MTC

If there’s a Hell on earth, a good candidate is the privately run East Mississippi Correctional Facility, located 90 miles from Jackson near Meridian.
What makes the conditions at EMCF even worse is that fact that 80 percent of the inmates suffer from some form of mental illness, as the...



Inmates Dying of Homicide and Suicide Due to Medical Neglect

Inmates Dying of Homicide and Suicide Due to Medical Neglect

Prisons have their share of killings and suicides. Most homicides are inmate on inmate events, but an Erie County, New York sheriff and his deputies stand accused by a commission investigating a female inmate’s death of homicide by medical neglect.
India Cummings, 27, died in February...

Virginia Man Experiencing Mental Health Crisis Dies in Police Custody

Virginia Man Experiencing Mental Health Crisis Dies in Police Custody

On June 27, 2018, a 31 year old Fairfax County, Virginia resident died in police custody after experiencing a mental health episode. Police were called to the home of Christopher Paul in Alexandria after a 911 call reported a drug overdose.
When the officers arrived, they encountered one of...

Former Inmate Speaks Out about Corizon Healthcare Malpractice

Former Inmate Speaks Out about Corizon Healthcare Malpractice

Earlier today I chatted with a former county jail inmate in Oregon. With his permission, we are sharing his story about the horrors of Corizon Correctional Healthcare. It is a story that needs to be told.
“Todd” is a senior citizen. Like millions of Americans, he found himself in...

Woman Dies in Ohio Jail; Family Sues NaphCare for Her Death

Woman Dies in Ohio Jail; Family Sues NaphCare for Her Death

NaphCare, a healthcare provider that operates in jails and prisons in 27 states, has a long history of controversy and alleged involvement in inmate deaths. Yet another lawsuit has been filed against the company. This time, it’s for the death of Sasha Garvin, a 27-year-old Dayton, OH woman...

Tennessee County Sheriff Brags on Tape About Fatal Shooting

Tennessee County Sheriff Brags on Tape About Fatal Shooting

When cops kill a suspect, we hope they are deeply affected by the incident. That’s probably true of most fatal police shootings, and whether taking down a suspect is warranted or not is not the point. Somebody shot and somebody else died.
For White County, Tennessee sheriff Oddie...