Cortlen Flax, a 37-year-old Woodbury resident, was convicted in July of attacking Julio Valdez in his cell at South Woods ...

Flax, who became a state prison guard in 2013, was accused of entering inmate Julio Valdez’s cell at South Woods State Prison ...

A corrections officer in South Jersey who ruptured an inmate's ear in an assault is to serve the next five years in state prison.

The 46-year-old died shortly before the unit began a new program to better screen for smuggled drugs and other contraband.

The New Jersey Department of Corrections has broken ground for a woman's prison in Burlington County. The 410-bed Chesterfield facility, expected to open in 2028, has an estimated cost of $312 million ...

A 2-month investigation into the distribution of heroin in Washington Borough has resulted in the arrest of a 47-year-old New ...