Victoria Kuhn Archives - Page 3 of 3

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...

No single timeline for second term cabinet appointments, Murphy says

November 22, 2021 3:37 pmNovember 22, 2021 3:49 pm

With 57 days until his second inauguration, Gov. Phil Murphy is facing a number of decisions about how to retain or reshape his cabinet and administration – but he said today that he doesn’t anticipate making one major announcement about...

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...

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,...