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Adelman nomination to lead Human Services advances through committee

March 21, 2022 2:49 pm

Sarah Adelman, who has served as acting commissioner of the Department of Human Services since early 2021, was unanimously advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee today, clearing her path for confirmation by the full Senate on Thursday. Adelman, a former...

Armed with courtesy on two Murphy nominees, Corrado remains undecided

January 27, 2022 1:22 pmJanuary 27, 2022 1:30 pm

For most of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet, the transition into the governor’s second term will be an easy one, since state law does not require them to be renominated and re-confirmed by the Senate to their roles. But a select...

Durr, armed with senatorial courtesy, set to interview Murphy cabinet nominee

January 25, 2022 4:45 pmJanuary 25, 2022 4:45 pm

For Victoria Kuhn to win Senate confirmation as the state corrections commissioner, she must first receive signoff from State Sen. Edward R. Durr (R-Swedesboro), who now has senatorial courtesy over all gubernatorial nominations from Gloucester County. Durr will interview Kuhn...

Kelly Daniels appointed as NJDOC commissioner for special investigations

January 14, 2022 3:54 pm

Former Hunterdon County Assistant Prosecutor Kelly Daniels has been appointed as the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC)’s assistant commissioner of the Special Investigations Division, a new role in a division that supervises the NJDOC’s criminal and administrative investigations. Her...

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...