Shuttering N.J. women’s prison after decades of abuse is one option ‘on the table,’ top official says
Updated May 03, 2021;
New Jersey may consider shutting down the state’s only women’s prison in the wake of new allegations of abuse behind bars, the head of the state’s corrections department told lawmakers Monday.
An outside consultant will take a close look at whether to keep the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Hunterdon County open after decades of documented misconduct by staff, Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks said during a three-hour budget hearing before he Assembly Budget Committee.
“That is on the table,” Hicks said, but he did not offer any further details and stressed that closure was just one of many changes that will be explored by the consultant.
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(TRENTON) – Assemblywoman Angela McKnight (D-Hudson), a member of the Assembly Women and Children Committee and chair of the Assembly Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on Monday on the recent changes in the NJ Department of Corrections Ombudsman’s Office:
“The Office of the Ombudsman in the Department of Corrections was put in place to ensure grievances are heard and handled in our correctional facilities. From what we’ve learned from the joint hearing last week, this was not done. It’s a shame and reckless on the part of leadership.
“The recent resignation in DOC leadership of this department presents an opportunity for us to put someone in that position that will help us right the wrongs and improve our facilities. To provide the support the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility needs specifically, it deserves a point person within the Ombu
Why is Murphy getting a free pass on the Edna Mahan rapes and beatings? | Moran
Updated Apr 11, 2021;
Posted Apr 11, 2021
Officer Luis Garcia, Sgt. Amir Bethea, Sgt. Anthony Valvano and Sgt. Matthew Faschan have all been criminally charged for their roles in alleged beatdown of inmates at the Edna Mahan prison. In a scorching report issued last April, the Department of Justice charged that rapes went unchecked in all wings of the prison for years, and continued during the Murphy administration.
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For more than three hours on Thursday, Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks squirmed in his seat as horrified legislators grilled him over the unchecked rapes and assaults at the state’s only prison for women, the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility.
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