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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 pmMarch 23, 2022 3:32 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...

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...