George Hayman
Department of Corrections
Stuyvesant Ave. and Whittlesey Road
P.O. Box 863
Trenton, NJ 08625-0863
Telephone: (609) 292-9860
Fax: (609) 777-0445
Internet Address: www.state.nj.us./corrections
MISSION STATEMENT
The Department of Corrections is responsible for the care and custody of those persons, over the age of 18, who have been committed by the courts to the state correctional institutions. Those persons are confined with the level of custody necessary to protect the public and are provided with the care, discipline, educational [academic and vocational] training, and treatment modalities needed to prepare them for reintegration into the community.
MISSION OVERVIEW
The Department of Corrections is organized into three separate divisions:
- Administration
- Operations
- Programs and Community Services
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 -- as well as a Stabilization and Reintegration Program. 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 program 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 offers an array of 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 awareness, chaplaincy services, 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 non-profit 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.
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