NJ Department of Corrections

The Murphy administration and the policy makers behind these early prison releases over Covid-19 should be ashamed of themselves.

A senior officer at a state prison has been charged with having a year-long sexual affair with an inmate.

The report of the ICE arrests was blasted by the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, which has been advocating for the early release.

Sen. Testa questioned whether early release prisoners were being dropped off at transit hubs as 'super spreaders.' The NJDOC says that's not happening.

A new report by New Jersey’s top watchdog finds state agencies are improperly using state-issued credit cards, spending taxpayer money without following regulations designed to make sure the purchases are transparent and appropriate.

This is the first segment of a series examining the reentry of New Jersey prisoners into mainstream society upon release, and the services in place to help reduce the number of individuals who re-offend and return to prison.

Officials said an executive with a drug treatment company hired by the state was smuggling drugs into prison.

A former inmate held in solitary for 9 and a half months says she felt hopeless and humiliated

Newark resident Justice Rountree, who's spent at least five years total in isolation while serving a 23-year prison sentence, said the accommodations are torturous at best.

According to The Sentencing Project, the national average of female imprisonment was 57 per 100,000 women.