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 ...

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.

At Essex County Jail earlier this month, a 27-year-old pretrial detainee was stabbed by a fellow inmate with a sharpened metal rod, sent back to his cell – not to a hospital ...

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 ...

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 ...

An Essex County corrections officer says she was targeted as part of a bogus investigation after the death of an inmate, which she said had nothing to do with her. Idesha Howard filed a lawsuit in ...

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