Amir Bethea Archives - New Jersey Globe

Four more charged over Edna Mahan abuses

March 18, 2021 3:21 pm

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced charges against four more officials at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility Thursday, bringing the total number charged over beatings and other abuses at the state’s only women’s prison to eight. The investigation, Grewal said, remains...

Hicks committee appearance doesn’t mean Boxer report is coming, Murphy says

March 17, 2021 3:29 pmMarch 18, 2021 1:17 am

Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks’ upcoming testimony before a joint hearing of the Assembly Judiciary and Women and Children Committees isn’t an indication of forthcoming results from an independent investigation into abuses at the state’s only women’s prison, Gov. Phil Murphy...

Vainieri Huttle contacted Corrections about Bethea, but they never responded

February 9, 2021 11:03 am

Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) said she reached out to the Department of Corrections in August about corrections officer Amir Bethea, who charged last week in the growing scandal at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility. Vainieri Huttle told the New...

Murphy declines to say if Edna Mahan charges change thinking on Hicks

February 5, 2021 3:12 pmFebruary 5, 2021 3:19 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say whether charges against three guards at the state’s only women’s prison changed his thinking on keeping Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks in place Friday. “Given the ongoing criminal investigation and an independent investigation, which I’ve...