Category Archive for : ‘CORRECTIONS OFFICER’

November 6, 2019
Anna Merriman
VTDigger

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A former prison guard at the Southern State Correctional Facility pleaded guilty to one charge and no contest to another in a sex crimes case involving an inmate at the facility.
Cameron Morin, 22, of Newfane, appeared in court Tuesday for the plea. He will be sentenced following a pretrial investigation and a psychosexual examination, according to Windsor County Deputy State’s Attorney Heidi Remick. She added that the sentencing likely won’t occur for several months, although there is no date set yet.
Morin was charged

October 18, 2019
Lizzie Dearden
Independent

Two former prison officers been charged with physically and sexually abusing inmates at a youth detention centre.
Ian Nicholson and Alexander Flavell are accused of assaulting young men held at a Medomsley in County Durham during the 1970s and 1980s.
Mr Nicholson, now 74, is charged with one count of misconduct in public office, three counts of buggery and four counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Mr Flavell, 86, is accused of misconduct in public office, indecent assault, one count of buggery and four counts of assault occasioning actual

A federal appeals court issued a ruling earlier this month in a Texas case that helps explainwhy so many prison or jail inmates are sexually assaulted by their guards and why so little is doneabout it. It’s not just lax training and oversight within facilities. It’s not justpoor recruitment practices. It’s also layer upon layer of nearly insurmountable legalstandards crafted over time by judges and legislators to protect corrections officers, theirsupervisors, and, ultimately, local budgets.

Consider the case of Ezmerelda Rivera. In December 2014 she and her husband were arrested forpublic

Three male correction officers have been arrested on charges they sexually abused femaleprisoners at a federal prison in Brooklyn.

Prosecutors say one of the men, Carlos Richard Martinez, could face life in prison if he isconvicted of charges he repeatedly raped an inmate who he knew spoke minimal English, had fewvisitors and would eventually be deported.

According to the criminal complaint, Martinez was responsible for conducting rounds to identifyand deter staff sexual abuse and sexual harassment. He also educated staff regarding the PrisonRape Elimination Act (“PREA”) protocols and incidents.

Martinez is accused of

newsday.com/Ann Givens

Mark Barber, a 50 year old former Nassau correction officer, is accused of sexually abusingseveral female inmates.  The prosecutor said he chose his victims carefully, selecting thosewho would be least believable if they ever complained about him.  Jurors are expected to begindeliberating Tuesday on the charges against Barber that include rape, official misconduct, forcibletouching and promoting prison contraband.  If he is found guilty of the most serious chargesagainst him he faces up to 20 years in prison.  Between 2007 and 2009, Barber madearrangements so he could be alone

Huffingtonpost.com

Robert Buchanan, a 45 year old Cook County sheriff’s correctional officer, has been chargedwith sexual assault of his 10 year old step daughter based on DNA results from a rape kit testedten years after the incident took place.  In 1997, the victim reported multiple incidents ofsexual assault over seven months in the home she shared with Buchanan and her mother.  InAugust of that year, a rape kit was administered at a hospital and submitted to the Harvey PoliceDepartment where it was never tested.  In 2007, the Cook County state’s