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All 7 Republican Assemblywomen want Hicks gone

January 27, 2021 12:56 pm

Republican women want Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks out of a job too. All seven of the state’s Republican Assemblywomen called for Hicks’ removal over reports of severe beatings at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, the state’s only women’s prison. “The...

Four assemblywomen want Hicks, corrections ombudsman put on leave

January 26, 2021 4:23 pm

Four Democratic Assemblywomen called on Gov. Phil Murphy to place on leave two of the state’s top corrections officials after reports of widespread abuse at the state’s only women’s prison. Assemblywomen Yvonne Lopez (D-Perth Amboy), Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood), Eliana...

Greenstein, Vainieri Huttle urge reforms at troubled women’s prison

January 26, 2021 10:12 am

State Sen. Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro) and Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) joined a chorus of lawmakers calling for reforms at the state’s only women’s prison after dozens were suspended over accusations they beat inmates. “Time and time again, we have...

Lopez asks corrections department to implement Dignity Act

January 25, 2021 7:07 pm

A Star-Ledger report of a criminal probe involving employees at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility triggered a call from a Middlesex County legislator to implement a relatively new state law that helps incarcerated parents stay in touch with their families....

State comptroller said some agencies used credit cards, but didn’t follow right procedures

July 23, 2020 9:47 am

Acting state comptroller Kevin Walsh says that some New Jersey state agencies used credit cards without following procedures set to protect public funds from fraud and abuse. “Our report found that as many as 30 percent of the purchases we...