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NJ Prison Officer Admits Looking Other Way While Inmates Were Beaten, Brutalized NJ Prison Officer Admits Looking Other Way While Inmates Were Beaten, Brutalized
NJ Prison Officer Admits Looking Other Way While Inmates Were Beaten, Brutalized 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Nine months after a former corrections officer at a New Jersey prison was sentenced to 2½ years behind bars for admitting that he brutalized inmates in what one victim called a “fight club," a second officer cut his own deal with federal prosecutors. Joshua Hand, 34, of Millville, admitted in federal court in Camden on Monday, Feb. 26, that he stood by while two prisoners were being assaulted by fellow inmates at Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Hand violated both inmates' civil rights by not stopping their assailants or reporting the in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'FIGHT CLUB': NJ Prison Officer Who Brutalized Inmates Sentenced To 2½ Years In Federal Prison 'FIGHT CLUB': NJ Prison Officer Who Brutalized Inmates Sentenced To 2½ Years In Federal Prison
'Fight Club': NJ Prison Officer Who Brutalized Inmates Sentenced To 2½ Years In Federal Prison UPDATE: A now-former New Jersey corrections officer must spend the next 2½ years behind bars for brutalizing inmates through what one victim described as a “fight club.” John Makos, 42, of Millville, took advantage of areas in the kitchen at Bayside State Prison in Leesburg out of the view of surveillance cameras where inmates during and after their work shifts were beaten by him, colleagues and fellow prisoners, federal authorities said. In one instance Makos “watched and did not attempt to intervene when multiple inmates pinned a victim-inmate to the floor and, while the inmates restraine…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Transgender Inmate Impregnates 2 Prisoners At Edna Mahan: Report Transgender Inmate Impregnates 2 Prisoners At Edna Mahan: Report
Transgender Inmate Impregnates 2 Prisoners At Edna Mahan: Report Two prisoners at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility are pregnant with the babies of a transgender inmate whom they had consensual sexual relations with, NJ Advance Media reports. A policy allowing prisoners to be housed in line with their gender identity was enacted last year as part of a settlement agreement for a suit filed by a woman who was forced to live in a men's prison for 18 months. Edna Mahan reportedly houses 27 transgender inmates, NJ.com says. DOC officials declined to comment on disciplinary actions and housing decisions. The prison became the center of an investi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Murphy Closing Edna Mahan Women's Prison, Releases Report Into Violent Cell Extractions Murphy Closing Edna Mahan Women's Prison, Releases Report Into Violent Cell Extractions
Murphy Closing Edna Mahan Women's Prison, Releases Report Into Violent Cell Extractions New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday announced he would be closing the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women amid a series of abuse and rapes. “Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women has a long history of abusive incidents predating our Administration, and we must now commit ourselves to completely breaking this pattern of misconduct to better serve incarcerated women entrusted to the State’s care. Murphy also released an investigative report detailing cell extractions at the facility that occurred on Jan. 11, calling them "disturbing and horrific." The 75-page document maintain…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Four More NJ Prison Officers Charged In Vicious Beatings Of Female Inmates Four More NJ Prison Officers Charged In Vicious Beatings Of Female Inmates
Four More NJ Prison Officers Charged In Vicious Beatings Of Female Inmates UPDATE: Four more correctional officers have been charged in the brutal beating and pepper-spraying of inmates at a New Jersey women’s prison, bringing the total to eight, authorities announced Thursday. Of the four officers newly charged for the January incident at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, one is from Maywood, another from Paterson, a third from Somerset and the other from East Piscataway. All four senior officers “purposely or knowingly attempted to cause serious bodily injury to inmates as an accomplice or as a principal by using force beyond what was objectively reasonable …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Administrator, Supervisors, 20 Officers Suspended At Notorious NJ Women’s Prison Administrator, Supervisors, 20 Officers Suspended At Notorious NJ Women’s Prison
Administrator, Supervisors, 20 Officers Suspended At Notorious NJ Women’s Prison UPDATE: A total of 29 officers and supervisors at New Jersey's notorious prison for women have been suspended amid a criminal investigation of allegations that several inmates were beaten, Daily Voice has learned. Among those on paid administrative leave at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Hunterdon County were an associate administrator, two corrections majors, a corrections lieutenant, five corrections sergeants and 20 corrections officers, according to a memo obtained by Daily Voice. ****** UPDATE: Gov. Phil Murphy appointed a special investigator Wednesday to probe all…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Instructor At NJ Women's Prison Charged With Witness Tampering Day Of Inmate Testimonies Instructor At NJ Women's Prison Charged With Witness Tampering Day Of Inmate Testimonies
Instructor At NJ Women's Prison Charged With Witness Tampering Day Of Inmate Testimonies A trade instructor at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Hunterdon County was charged with witness tampering in an undisclosed 2018 crime. Devon E. Vassell, 54, of East Orange, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the incident, Acting Hunterdon County Prosecutor Michael J. Williams and Chief of Detectives Frank R. Crisologo said. Vassell's arrest occurred the same day six former inmates shared details of abuse by prison guards during a Trenton hearing. The women said they were sexually assaulted and groped by guards. One guard was dubbed "King of the Cottage," who would…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Corrections Officer From Irvington Sexually Abused Inmates, Prosecutor Says Corrections Officer From Irvington Sexually Abused Inmates, Prosecutor Says
Corrections Officer From Irvington Sexually Abused Inmates, Prosecutor Says An Irvington man who works as a corrections officer at a federal prison in New York has been indicted on several charges accusing him of coercing female inmates into sex, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan said Tuesday.  Colin Akparanta, 42, abused at least four women at the Metropolitan Correctional Center from 2012 through 2018, allegedly smuggling contraband like makeup, food and personal hygiene items in exchange for sex.  With at least one inmate, Akparanta "explicitly conditioned his provision of contraband on the inmate’s continued performance of sexual acts with him," …

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by Paul Milo