Dan DiBenedetti Archives - New Jersey Globe

Addiego, Burzichelli bill would create position overseeing ombudspeople, comptrollers

May 14, 2021 11:55 am

Who watches the watchdogs? A new bill, sponsored by State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) and Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D-Paulsboro), seeks to answer that question by creating a post to oversee 17 state ombudspeople, compliance officers and comptrollers. “State Ombudspersons are...

Murphy appoints three to corrections ombudsperson’s advisory board

May 11, 2021 11:49 am

Gov. Phil Murphy announced three appointments to the corrections ombudsperson’s advisory board, filling seats that have remained vacant since Murphy signed the January 2020 law creating the positions. ACLU New Jersey staff attorney Tess Borden will join the body, as...

Three months later, still no timeline for Boxer probe

April 26, 2021 3:26 pm

There’s still no timeline for the completion of former State Comptroller Matt Boxer’s investigation nearly three months after Gov. Phil Murphy announced the independent probe into abuses at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility. “Nothing new on the Boxer question,” the...

Murphy declines to say if Hicks testimony affects commissioner’s future in state government

April 12, 2021 3:14 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say whether Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks’ testimony before an Assembly panel last week affected the governor’s view of his future with the administration. “I’ve got no comment on the personnel matter or the individual leaving...

Report: Corrections ombudsman to resign

April 9, 2021 4:31 pm

Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-Perth Amboy) cheered the coming resignation of New Jersey Corrections Ombudsman Dan DiBenedetti a day after he appeared before Assembly hearings over abuses at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility. “The passage of the Dignity Act granted New...

Edna Mahan reaches tentative consent decree with federal authorities, Hicks says

April 8, 2021 2:50 pmApril 9, 2021 12:03 am

The state Department of Corrections has reached a tentative consent decree with federal authorities that’ll likely see federal monitors installed at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, Correction Commissioner Marcus Hicks said during a joint hearing of the Assembly Judiciary and...

Ciattarelli calls prison allegations ‘horrifying,’ wants Hicks gone

January 28, 2021 3:15 pm

A scandal over allegations that guards beat women prisoners has Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli calling for the resignation of Commissioner of Corrections Marcus Hicks – and Gov. Phil Murphy. “The systemic abuse of female inmates reported in state facilities...