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Education & Rehabilitation

Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty

• Three Paterson men shot in city during 24-hour period
  
  Three Paterson men were expected to survive Sunday after they were shot in separate incidents in the city during a 24-hour period, authorities said.... [ more ]
  North Jersey, Sunday, May 19, 2019
  
  
• Asbury Park, New Jersey, Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
  
  Asbury Park, New Jersey, Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Distribution of Cocaine Base and Violating Federal Supervised Release... [ more ]
  NBC News, Monday, April 1, 2019
  
  
• New Jersey ISIS Supporter Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Attempting to Bomb New York City
  
  Gregory Lepsky, 22, of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 16 years in prison for planning to construct and use a pressure cooker bomb in New York on behalf of a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).... [ more ]
  CDN News for the People, by the People, Saturday, March 2, 2019
  
  

Gangs in Prison

• Van Drew Bills Target Prison Violence
  
  six bills will be introduced May 10 by Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew (D-1st) bolstering the state... [ more ]
  Cape May County Herald, Wednesday, May 9, 2007
  
  
• Neta - silent, deadly
  
  The Neta, a prison gang, was formed in 1970 in Rio Piedras Prison, Puerto Rico..... [ more ]
  The Jersey Journal, Wednesday, April 11, 2007
  
  
• Putting defendant in alley key to case
  
  TROY - Prosecutors will ask a judge to allow the jury to hear three oral statements... [ more ]
  Troy Record, Monday, January 22, 2007
  
  
• Police: Cop Shooting Suspect Belongs To Crips Gang
  
  Authorities said Sunday the man accused of killing an off-duty Paterson police officer is... [ more ]
  WNBC, Sunday, January 21, 2007
  
  
• Bloods gang member arrested in shootings
  
  A Bloods gang member was arrested Saturday in connection with the November shooting of two city men, one of whom died.... [ more ]
  Home News Tribune , Tuesday, January 2, 2007
  
  
• 4th gang member appears in court
  
  Quincell Adams smiled and nodded to his supporters in the courtroom Friday... [ more ]
  Asbury Park Press, Saturday, December 23, 2006
  
  
• Jury has a lot to consider in cellmate-death case
  
  Did Rayshon Gaddis beat his East Jersey State Prison cellmate to death because he was a member of a rival gang... [ more ]
  Home News Tribune , Friday, December 22, 2006
  
  
• A Blood gets life for killing a drug dealer
  
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  NJ.com, Saturday, December 16, 2006
  
  
• Bloods gang members admit to murders, drug trafficking
  
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  NJ.com, Friday, September 22, 2006
  
  
• Prosecutors: Justice done in parade murder case
  
  Hudson County prosecutors feel justice has finally been served in the case of a man stabbed to death with a screwdriver after the 2003 North Hudson Dominican Parade.... [ more ]
  New Jersey Online, Friday, May 12, 2006
  
  

Health & Medical Treatment

• Once-notorious Passaic jail earns accreditation for medical-service excellence
  
  The Passaic County Jail, once notorious for poor treatment of inmates, has received national accreditation for its new medical services unit and the quality of care it offers to people behind bars.

  The National Commission on Correctional Health Care reviewed in-house medical services last fall and determined the jail now meets the highest standards of care.... [ more ]

  Record, Friday, March 7, 2014
  
  

Prison Classification, Placement, & Release

• Fewer than 20 arrested at call-in
  
  A state Department of Corrections operation that called in about 600 ex-offenders on probation to a Salem office Wednesday netted fewer than 20 arrests.... [ more ]
  Virginia, Saturday, July 27, 2013
  
  
• South Jersey jail deal: Gloucester County officials, jail staff lock the doors behind them as jail closes
  
  The Public Defender's Office is pursuing an emergent appeal after having failed to obtain a court order halting closure of the Gloucester County Jail...... [ more ]
  South Jersey Times, Monday, June 10, 2013
  
  

Prison Conditions & Corruption

• Passaic County Jail inmate sues over medical treatment
  
  A former inmate at the Passaic County Jail says he had to wait 12 days before being taken to a hospital after breaking a foot — so long that doctors had to rebreak the bones so they could heal correctly.

  In a lawsuit, Martin Bosland, 46, of Ringwood said he broke four bones in his left foot while getting down from the top bunk of his cell on Oct. 6, 2012.... [ more ]

  Record, Saturday, October 11, 2014
  
  
• Solitary confinement limited inmate's access to legal advice, lawyer says
  
  ELIZABETH — The lawyer for a prison inmate who spent three years in solitary confinement said in court today that his client was denied access to legal advisers during that time.... [ more ]
  NJ.com, Tuesday, August 12, 2014
  
  
• Corrections officer from Paterson guilty of smuggling heroin
  
  A Hudson County jury convicted a Paterson man who worked as a corrections officer of smuggling heroin and marijuana into the state’s treatment center for sex offenders, the state’s acting Attorney General said.... [ more ]
  Record, Friday, September 27, 2013
  
  
• Van Drew Bills Target Prison Violence
  
  six bills will be introduced May 10 by Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew (D-1st) bolstering the state... [ more ]
  Cape May County Herald, Wednesday, May 9, 2007
  
  

Prison Life & Culture

• Tomoka inmates find Buddhism
  
  James Perez, 44, is a former professional kickboxer and “combat athlete” now doing the time in a state prison just outside of Daytona Beach for a “little street justice.”... [ more ]
  Daytona Beach News Journal, Tuesday, February 18, 2014
  
  
• Englewood school donating books to students who are incarcerated
  
  ENGLEWOOD - Janis E. Dismus Middle School plans to donate about 2,000 books and other learning materials to help incarcerated college students continue their studies.... [ more ]
  The Record, Monday, September 16, 2013
  
  

Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes

Suicides in Prison

Workplace & Industry News, and Science & Tech News