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Fourth guard charged over Edna Mahan abuses

February 24, 2021 10:21 amFebruary 24, 2021 10:46 am

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal on Tuesday charged a fourth corrections officer over abuses at the state’s only women’s prison. Matthew Faschan, a corrections police sergeant who had already been suspended, faces two counts of official misconduct and one count of...

Lawmakers introduce resolution to impeach Hicks

February 22, 2021 4:44 pm

A bipartisan group of Assembly lawmakers introduced a resolution to impeach Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks over abuses at the state’s only women’s prison Monday. The articles of impeachment brought by Assemblywomen Jean Stanfield (R-Westampton), Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) and Nancy...

Murphy won’t say if he’s talking with embattled corrections commissioner

February 19, 2021 2:56 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say whether he is in touch with embattled Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks not long after the Senate cleared a bipartisan resolution calling for his resignation over abuses at the state’s only women’s prison. “I don’t...

Opinion: No time to wait — Commissioner Hicks must be impeached

February 17, 2021 1:13 pm

OPINION Widespread sexual and physical abuse of women permeated the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for years and is still ongoing. Prison guards have been convicted, investigations have been completed, and the problem is staring us right in the face, clear...

Cryan and Stanfield join Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on 77 WABC

February 12, 2021 8:19 pmFebruary 14, 2021 1:51 pm

State Sen. Joseph Cryan (D-Union) and Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield (R-Westampton) will join host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, February 6 at 4 PM. Cryan is seeking re-election to his...

No timetable on Edna Mahan prison probe, Murphy says

February 12, 2021 5:04 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said today that he doesn’t have a timetable on the completion of an independent investigation of allegations that women inmates were beaten and sexually assaulted at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility. “I asked it to be done...

Stanfield raising money off beatings at women’s prison

February 11, 2021 10:34 amFebruary 11, 2021 1:32 pm

The burgeoning scandal at a woman’s prison, where guards have been accused of beating and sexually assaulting female inmates, has emerged as a campaign issue in the race in the hotly contested State Senate race in 8th legislative district. State...