Essex jail supervisor sexually harassed me at work, corrections officer says in suit Published: Aug. 25, 2022, 11:06 a.m. File photo of the Essex County Jail on Doremus Avenue in Newark.

Psychiatrists at a state mental health facility in Trenton cleared him for trial, at which point Boyd was once again released pending his trial, until he was remanded to the Essex County jail in ...

Reports of violence and egregious conditions at the Essex County jail are not new. When the jail still contracted with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2019, the Office of the Inspector ...

A corrections officer at Essex County's jail in Newark has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, county officials said Tuesday. Officials, in an emailed statement, said the staff member ...

The Essex County Sheriff’s Department reported Thursday that 13 inmates, three guards and one contractor have tested positive for the coronavirus. A day earlier the total number was eight.

On Oct. 22, a fight erupted in the Middleton House of Correction, also known as the Essex County Jail and House of Corruption. Four people were injured and treated at a local hospital the same day.

Two Essex County corrections officers died by suspected suicide on the same day, authorities confirmed. Officer Joey Hernandez's death occurred outside the Essex County Jail, the Essex County ...

A police union representing supervisors and investigators for Essex County Department of Corrections issued a vote of no confidence in the director.

Crime Two inmates indicted on charges from October ‘melee’ at Middleton Jail As of Jan. 1, 40% of Essex County’s detainees were facing or being held on violent charges, Sheriff Kevin ...