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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...

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...

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...

Three corrections officials charged over Edna Mahan abuses

February 4, 2021 2:36 pm

State authorities announced charges against three corrections officers suspended from the state’s only women’s prison over their alleged roles in a series of assaults against inmates there Thursday. Luis Garcia, a 23-year-old Nutley resident, was charged with aggravated assault, official...