N.J. still months away from getting body cameras to all officers at troubled women’s prison, top official says
Updated May 11, 2021;
All officers at New Jersey’s only women’s prison should have body cameras by the fall, Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks said Tuesday during his first public appearance before state senators since those lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for his ouster.
Hicks also defended his department’s soaring overtime costs before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, while also deflecting questions about allegations that staff severely beat several women early this year at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Hunterdon County.