East Jersey State Prison News

A borough man has lost the appeal of his reckless manslaughter conviction in the shooting death of a Plainfield man at a party in the borough in August 2000.

A state appellate court has rejected the appeal of a Plainfield man who is serving a 25-year prison term on attempted murder and aggravated assault charges in connection with a shooting at a barbecue in the city.

A state corrections officer was critically injured here when a Department of Corrections van overturned on the southbound shoulder of Route 55 this morning, state police said.

AVENELa 'Several dozen convicted criminalsa 'including nine at East Jersey State Prison, located in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township near the border with Rahwaya 'are facing new charges for bad behavior behind bars.

" Thirty-five inmates - " including 25 who are members or associates of criminal street gangs such as the Bloods, Crips or Latin Kings - " were indicted Friday for illegally possessing cell phones in state prisons.

A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the case of an alleged sexual assault at East Jersey State Prison in Woodbridge in which one inmate contended his cellmate coerced him into performing oral sex.

The two men were cellmates at East Jersey State Prison in Woodbridge for less than a day when one told the other about how he set another cellmate on fire, authorities said.

Officers and investigators seized 391 cell phones in New Jersey prisons and halfway houses in the year since the state started keeping track, according to records obtained by The Star-Ledger. In the same time -- from August of last year to July of this year -- there were 244 drug confiscations and 3,172 seizures of other types of contraband -- ...

Evidence that might clear Stephen Brooks of a 1985 sexual assault could be lurking in a cardboard box in a prosecutor's vault no one can open for want of the combination.

A corrections officer at East Jersey State Prison in Avenel supplied two cell phones to an inmate in exchange for cash in a deal with the Latin Kings street gang, authorities said.

A corrections officer at East Jersey State Prison in Avenel supplied two cell phones to an inmate in exchange for cash in a deal with the Latin Kings street gang, authorities said.

A corrections officer at East Jersey State Prison in Avenel supplied two cell phones to an inmate in exchange for cash in a deal with the Latin Kings street gang, authorities said.

A cooking instructor at East Jersey State Prison in Avenel charged in May with having sex with an inmate and giving him a cell phone was found dead in a hotel in Newark, authorities said.

A former East Jersey State Prison inmate accused of throwing urine on a corrections officer shortly before his release from the prison after serving time for drug and receipt of stolen property charges is being sought by authorities.

Joseph McGowan, convicted of the 1973 rape and murder of 7-year-old Joan D'Alessandro as she delivered Girl Scout cookies in her Hillsdale neighborhood, must remain behind bars for another 30 years before he is eligible for release, the state Parole Board ruled Thursday.

He was employed as a trade instructor at East Jersey State Prison where he taught inmates cooking skills, but authorities say he was cooking something else on the side.

Levittown - A New Jersey prison employee is behind bars, charged with having sex with an inmate.Michael Hawthorne has taught inmates cooking skills at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway since 2001.

A cooking instructor at East Jersey State Prison in Avenel faces charges for allegedly having a sexual relationship with an inmate and giving him a cell phone, authorities said.

A suspended Passaic County narcotics officer turned himself in Thursday to face criminal charges that he tipped off a Paterson drug dealer about a pending bust in 2004.

Reputed Genovese mob captain Angelo Prisco just can't seem to stay out of jail. The only recent exception was when he was incarcerated in New Jersey and someone in high places intervened to get him out early - a mystery that has yet to be solved.