Marcus Hicks Archives

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...

Addiego again calls for Hicks to resign, be removed

May 11, 2021 6:06 pm

State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) again called for Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks to step down or be removed from office Tuesday. “My Senate colleagues and I have been clear since news broke of the January 11th attack at the Edna Mahan Correctional...

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...