Assembly members ask whether New Jersey needs to replace another aged compound, one with the state's most dangerous inmates

The governor also plans to use the account to pay for improvements at state parks, veterans homes and other projects

The fund can be used to retire existing bonded debt or to fund new capital projects on a pay-as-you-go basis

Analysis of Peter Verniero, former NJ Supreme Court justice and attorney general

Corrections commissioner resigns a day after announcement that Edna Mahan Correctional Facility will be closing

In light of a new report four months in the making, Gov. Phil Murphy has decided to close NJ's Edna Mahan women's prison.

Murphy said the new law is a ‘substantial step toward restoring normalcy’

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

Governor says investigations into assaults on women prisoners must run their course

Set up last year to address harassment and misogyny in politics and government, workgroup now looks to ‘give voice to the women behind the walls’

The decision to remove the corrections commissioner is now up to Gov. Phil Murphy.

The charges were filed in an ongoing investigation by the Attorney General’s office, after at least six women say they were severely beaten by the ...

An ongoing scandal at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility could threaten the DOC commissioner's confirmation.