Dec 16, 2024 | Corrections Officers | Death in Custody | Fatal Police Encounter | Inmate | Investigation | Newark | Northern State Prison | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) is investigating the death in custody of an inmate, who had been incarcerated at Northern State Prison in Newark, following an encounter with correctional police officers on December 3, 2024.
Nov 8, 2023 | Bribes | Conspiracy | contraband | Corrections Officer | New Jersey Department of Corrections | NJDOC | Northern State Prison | Official Misconduct | OPIA | smuggling | State Grand Jury | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted to file criminal charges against a corrections officer at Northern State Prison, after he allegedly smuggled contraband into the facility for a particular inmate in exchange for regular bribe payments.
