Police Misconduct Blog

A Mississippi jury deadlocked in its deliberations against a former nurse accused of killing a patient at the George County (MS) Regional Correctional Facility. The jury was deadlocked 11 to 1. After hours of additional deliberations, the court declared a mistrial.
The story of nurse Carmon...

National Park Police in Virginia opened fire and killed a 25-year old driver after a minor collision. While the incident occurred on November 27, police dashboard video of the shooting was not released until January 25.
The victim, Bijan Ghaisar, was shot four times in the head and once in...

Can you imagine being in such intense pain that chewing off your fingers actually helps you cope? That’s what allegedly happened to a paralyzed Arizona inmate, who was not identified in recently filed court papers.
In those documents, the prisoner stated that he was experiencing...

“Dickensian” conjures up the brutal life of London’s 19th century poor and incarcerated, but substitute sunshine for heavy fog and it’s an apt description for the 21st century juvenile justice system in Florida.
That’s what the Miami Herald uncovered in a recent...

The case of an inmate who died after being deprived of urgent medical attention at Yamhill County Jail just took an unexpected turn as a disturbing video showing his last hours was released.
The Oregon jail saw a tragedy unfold in May 2015. Jed Myers, who was 34 at the time of his death, was...

Taser is now a brand name used as a generic term for its product, much like Kleenex or Jell-O. It’s even become a verb.
Police officers taser alleged offenders, not “shoot them with a stun gun.” The misuse of Tasers has become a regular occurrence, but the fault lies more...

In 2016, 13 inmates died at Dade Correctional Institution, located in an unincorporated area between Florida City and Homestead. That gives it the dubious distinction of the highest number of inmate deaths – by far – of any prison in the state.
Seven of those inmates died from...

Randall Jordan-Aparo, 27, died in September, 2010, after being gassed by corrections officers at Franklin Correctional Institute. He was serving time for credit card fraud.
A lawsuit by his family charges that he was in fact murdered by these corrections officers, and that medical staff and...

In early 2016, the Supreme Court ruled to allow former juvenile criminals serving life sentences to ask for their sentences to be reviewed during parole hearings. Simultaneously, the president put his signature on a ban on solitary confinement at juvenile detention centers.
This country is,...

Corizon Correction Healthcare, the Brentwood, Tennessee-based for-profit prison healthcare company responsible for treating 220,000 prisoners in 22 states, isn’t exactly known for going overboard when treating patients, but some inmates aren’t even receiving the basic care needed to...