prisons

Corrections commissioner doesn't testify at joint committee hearing. Universal testing shows 12% of staff and inmates have coronavirus..

She is suspended from duty at Bergen County jail after her arrest on Friday, Sept. 13.

The state's prisons chief says more time is needed to change system's sex abuse culture.

Corrections officers are NOT paid enough for what they do.

A separate bill would require all New Jersey high schools to keep a supply of opioid antidotes on hand.

A new federal Justice Department study shows New Jersey's prison population declined by about 5 percent from 2014 to 2015.

Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Monday rejected a bill that would have prohibited solitary confinement in state prisons.

A 32-year-old corrections officer has been suspended after being charged with sexually assaulting an inmate at the state women's prison.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch is urging the nation's governors to make it easier for convicted felons to obtain state-issued identification after they get out of prison, part of a broader plan being announced Monday to help smooth the path for state and federal inmates who are preparing to re-enter society.

The Justice Department should limit the types of cases it brings and more nonviolent criminals should be steered toward probation and away from prison, according to task force recommendations designed to cut the federal inmate count and save more than $5 billion.