New Jersey Department of Corrections

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New Jersey Department of Corrections
Badge of the NJDOC
Abbreviation	NJDOC
Motto	Dedication, Honor, Integrity
Agency overview
Employees	24,000
Volunteers	1,500[1]
Annual budget	1.076 billion (2013)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	New Jersey, United States
Map of New Jersey Department of Corrections's jurisdiction
Size	8,729 square miles (22,610 km2)
Population	8.899 million (2013)
Legal jurisdiction	State of New Jersey
Governing body	Government of New Jersey
General nature	Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Whittlesey Road Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Corrections Officers	6,000
Staff Members	8,000
Agency executive	Victoria L. Kuhn, Esq., Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Corrections
Child agencies	Office of the Chief of Staff Division of Programs and Community Services Office of the Deputy Commissioner
Units	Interfacility Drug Interdiction Unit Intelligence Unit Fugitive Unit Computer Forensic and Polygraph Unit Internal Affairs Unit Fleet Management Unit Custody Recruitment Unit (CRU) Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Compliance Unit Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual (APPM) Unit Central Medical Unit Health Services Unit
Offices	Public Office of Legal Affairs & Regulatory Affairs Office of Employee Relations (OER) Office of the Corrections Ombudsman Office of Public Information Office of Human Resources Office of Training Office of Policy and Planning Office of Financial Management Office of Information Technology Bureau of State Use Industries
Facilities
Prisons	13 Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility Bayside State Prison Central Reception and Assignment Facility East Jersey State Prison Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women Garden State Youth Correctional Facility Mid-State Correctional Facility Annex William H. Fauver Youth Correctional Facility New Jersey State Prison Northern State Prison Southern State Correctional Facility South Woods State Prison
Notables
Anniversary	Correction Officer Day (or "Fred Baker's Law") (July 30)
Award	The American Correctional Association conferred its first-ever "Innovations in Corrections Award" on Engaging the Family in the Recovery Process – An Innovative Approach for the Max-Out Offender
Website
NJDOC

The New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) is the government agency responsible for operations and management of prison facilities in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The New Jersey Department of Corrections operates 9 correctional facilities, 11 Residential Community Release Programs, and 1 Assessment Center. The department is headquartered in Trenton.

The NJDOC's facilities house a combined total of 20,000 inmates in minimum, medium and maximum security levels. Approximately 1,200 inmates are incarcerated, and an equal number released each month. The median term for inmates is six years. 47% of inmates are serving terms of one-to-five years; 17% are serving terms of six-to-nine years; and 33% are serving maximum sentences of 10 years or more. As of January 2003, 984 offenders were serving life sentences, including 14 offenders under death sentences (all of which have now been commuted, as capital punishment was abolished in 2007).