(Colleen O'Dea/NJ Spotlight News)Reforms in place after pattern of abuses, including sexual assaults by staff, led to five years of oversight
(Colleen O'Dea/NJ Spotlight News)Reforms in place after pattern of abuses, including sexual assaults by staff, led to five years of oversight
(CBGB_Hoser via Openers)NJ prisons have updated housing policies for transgender inmates
(New Jersey Department of Corrections)Final design for the new women’s prison is to be completed by the middle of next year
(NJ Spotlight News)Judge rejects indictment brought after violent action in women’s prison
(Colleen O'Dea/NJ Spotlight News)The officer was fired in 2020 for not reporting a kiss between himself and a prisoner and for passing a message from her to another ...
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)Many settlements in class-action lawsuit are a fraction of what they were told to expect

Many Edna Mahan inmates have been moved to a nearby temporary facility
(Colleen O'Dea/NJ Spotlight News)A replacement for the notorious Edna Mahan prison could be years away
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)NJ expects to spend $300 million, corrections chief tells lawmakers
( Seth Wenig, File / AP Photo )Officer cleared to return to work after acquittal on sexual assault charges
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)The troubled Edna Mahan facility was ordered closed after abuses. It’s still open with no replacement named
NJ Spotlight NewsFederal authorities previously announced a plan to rein in abuse at the women’s prison
(NJAG)There is a history of violence at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility

Kuhn has been acting commissioner since Marcus Hicks was forced to resign

Corrections officer arrested for alleged sexual assault on inmate on Sept. 16

A federal monitor would oversee compliance with prisoner protections, other new requirements at NJ’s only prison for women

More officers are charged in prison abuse case at the Edna Mahan women's prison

Prison ombudsman Dan DiBenedetti will resign after he was questioned on how his office handled abuse allegations at the Edna Mahan women's prison.

Sen. Loretta Weinberg and the state senate called on him to resign.

Corrections officers at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women will wear body cameras after allegations of sexual and physical abuse surfaced.