Department of Corrections

A state Department of Corrections lieutenant has been accused of stealing state-owned ammunition and reselling it for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

New Jersey has seen its policy for housing trans inmates change, while closure of the scandal-ridden women's prison has moved slowly.

An Asbury Park man who raped a teenage girl nearly two decades ago has been sentenced for raping another woman in her home in 2021, according to prosecutors.

A Wildwood Crest man has won his appeal overturning a conviction for illegally possessing a handgun that he used to shoot himself in the leg.

At least four of the 2,893 inmates listed as "white" in New Jersey's prisons were actually a different race.

All vacation and other paid leave was canceled for state prison guards through at least Monday, citing a pandemic staff shortage. A union president said staff mental health is in grave danger.

A fourth correctional police officer has been charged in a “brutal attack” on inmates at the state’s women’s prison after prosecutors say he lied and tried to cover up the attack, which was caught on surveillance camera.

NJ healthcare workers still are first priority, as the state hammers out its next groups eligible amid a slow arrival of vaccine doses.

The legislation signed by Governor Murphy is the first of its kind in the nation, according to ACLU-NJ.

By April 6, at least 170 correctional officers or other staff and 50 inmates or federal detainees had tested positive in the state.