The mission of the New Jersey Department of Corrections is to ensure that all persons committed to the state correctional institutions are confined with the level of custody necessary to protect the public and that they are provided with the care, discipline, training, and treatment needed to prepare them for reintegration into the community.

The Department of Corrections is organized into three separate divisions:

Administration
The Division of Administration is responsible for managing roughly $900 million dollars and employing more than 9,500 persons, including 6,500 in custody positions to supervise approximately 23,000 inmates. The division provides administrative services to support the departmental mission in such major areas as budget and fiscal management, personnel, policy and planning and information systems.

Operations
The Division of Operations is responsible for 14 major institutions -- 12 adult male correctional facilities, one women's correctional institution and a central reception/intake unit. These facilities collectively house inmates in minimum, medium and maximum security levels. They are diverse and unique in their operations. For example, the maximum security New Jersey State Prison contains the state's Capital Sentence Unit, for inmates under capital sentence. The Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center operates corrections' rehabilitative programs for habitual sex offenders. Northern State Prison contains the Security Threat Group Management Unit, which houses gang members considered a threat to the safety of the institutions and individuals. The Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, the state's only correctional institution for women, houses inmates at all levels of security.

Programs and Community Services
The Division of Programs and Community Services provides institutional and community-based program opportunities for offenders, including community labor assistance, academic and vocational educational programs, recreational programs, library (lending and law) services, and substance abuse treatment. Other specialized services include victim assistance, chaplaincy services, stress management for employees and their families, county assistance quality assurance, liaison to Intensive Supervision Program and ombudsman services, which is a medium utilized by offenders to seek redress for problems and complaints. Additionally, the division contracts with private and nonprofit providers throughout the state to provide community-based residential treatment programs for offenders under community supervision. Public safety is enhanced through the development, coordination, administration and delivery of these institutional and community-based programs and services.

1 Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center 2 A. C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility 3 Bayside State Prison 4 Central Reception and Assignment Facility 5 East Jersey State Prison 6 E. Mahan Correctional Facility for Women 7 Garden State Youth Correctional Facility 8 Mid-State Correctional Facility 9 Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility 10 New Jersey State Prison 11 Northern State Prison 12 Riverfront State Prison 13 Southern State Correctional Facility 14 South Woods State Prison 15 Stabilization and Reintegration Program (SRP)