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Murphy nominates Kuhn as corrections commissioner

January 13, 2022 12:49 pm

Eight months after Commissioner of Corrections Marcus Hicks was forced to resign after an independent report found lapses in his management of the state’s only women’s prison, Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated Victoria Kuhn, Hicks’s former chief of staff, to...

Bruck announces charges against five Edna Mahan officers

December 15, 2021 3:58 pm

Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck announced charges today against one Department of Corrections official and four correctional officers at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, following a brutal assault on prisoners that occurred on January 12. The five officers...

Searching for a new corrections commissioner, Murphy calls Kuhn ‘outstanding’

November 29, 2021 3:58 pm

Though he had no updates on the ongoing national search for a new Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, Gov. Phil Murphy today lauded Acting Commissioner Victoria Kuhn – a possible hint that it may be Kuhn herself who is...

Stanfield wants Kuhn to come before Senate

July 8, 2021 6:04 pmJuly 9, 2021 9:48 am

After Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks was forced out of his position over violent cell extractions conducted in the dead of night at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, Victoria Kuhn, his chief of staff, took helm of the agency. But her...

Heading into re-election, nearly a third of Murphy’s cabinet is unconfirmed or departing

July 8, 2021 1:04 pmJuly 17, 2021 6:31 pm

Nearly a third of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet members intend to leave the administration or are in their positions on an acting basis, with some awaiting confirmation and others awaiting the nomination of a permanent agency head. Press play to...

Murphy stands by Kuhn amid concerns over Hicks ties, promises national search for permanent corrections head

June 9, 2021 3:15 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy stood by the acting Corrections Commissioner Victoria Kuhn amid questions about her close ties to former Commissioner Marcus Hicks, who resigned Tuesday after an independent report found lapses in oversight of the state’s only women’s prison. “Listen,...

Murphy to close Edna Mahan after independent report finds numerous breaches

June 7, 2021 10:43 amJune 7, 2021 3:39 pm

New Jersey’s only women’s prison will be shut down following the completion of an independent report into violent January cell extractions, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday. “After reading the report and its recommendations, I have decided that the only path...