Male or female? NJ proposes new way to imprison trans inmates
New Jersey has seen its policy for housing trans inmates change, while closure of the scandal-ridden women's prison has moved slowly.
Edna Mahan Correctional Facility
NJ Trans Inmates: $351K Spent in 2023 on Gender-affirming Surgery
New Jersey taxpayers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on gender-affirming care and sex-change surgeries for violent and serious offenders behind bars.
Transgender Inmates at Edna Mahan Women's Prison Spurs NJ Protest
Demonstrators held signs outside the Statehouse on Friday, saying that women inmates who were assigned female at birth should not be forced to live in prison facilities with transgender inmates.
Two Females Are Pregnant At NJ Prison By Transgender Inmate
Two Females Are Pregnant At NJ Prison By Transgender Inmate
Ciattarelli, Allen Attack Murphy Record on Women as Ticket Debuts
The newly minted Republican ticket for governor and lieutenant governor attacked Gov. Phil Murphy for alleged indifference or mistreatment of women Wednesday, capped off by a stop at scandal-dogged prison for women in Hunterdon County.
NJ Releases Prison Video from Overnight Beating of Female Inmates
Videos taken during one brutal overnight at the state’s only women’s prison this past winter, prompting criminal charges against 10 corrections officers, have been released for the first time.
Murphy Says NJ Will Close Troubled Edna Mahan Women’s Prison
New Jersey plans to permanently close the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, in the wake of the violent cell extractions on Jan. 11 that were the latest and perhaps last in a series of scandals at the state’s only women’s prison.
Three Officers Charged With Brutal Beatings at NJ Women’s Prison
Three correctional officers were charged with official misconduct in connection with a January incident, and authorities say more arrests are likely.