Final design for the new women’s prison is to be completed by the middle of next year

Judge rejects indictment brought after violent action in women’s prison

Officer cleared to return to work after acquittal on sexual assault charges

Department of Corrections denies rumors of underground fight club

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

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

Union County wants to close its jail and move inmates to a facility in Newark. Activists say the plan impacts the legal rights and well-being ...

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

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.

Advocates want a federal takeover of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women

More than 2,200 non-violent inmates were released last week in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 in prisons. But many are having trouble ...

Gov. Phil Murphy says between now and next March, New Jersey will release more than 3,000 inmates under the new law that shortens sentences by ...

Sen. Nellie Pou's bill would shorten the last year of a sentence for inmates serving their full term. The bill has bipartisan support and is ...

Witnesses make a case against solitary confinement at a Senate Law and Public Safety Committee hearing.

Treatment will replace incarceration. Will a program inside an old prison transform the way we think of addiction? Could an American oil giant fall under ...

Mid-State Correctional Facility will specifically treat inmates with substance use disorders. Gov. Christie hopes it becomes a national model.