New Jersey Department of Corrections

State of New Jersey Department of Corrections
Common name	New Jersey Department of Corrections
Abbreviation	NJDOC
Uniform Patch of the NJDOC
Current badge of the NJDOC
Motto	Dedication, Honor, Integrity
Agency overview
Employees	24,000
Volunteers	1,500
Annual budget	1.076 billion (2013)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	State of New Jersey, USA
Map of State 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	Law enforcement Civilian police
Specialist jurisdictions	Buildings and lands occupied or explicitly controlled by the institution and the institution's personnel, and public entering the buildings and precincts of the institution. Buildings and lands occupied or explicitly controlled by the educational institution and the institution's personnel, and public entering the buildings and immediate precincts of the institution.
Operational structure
Headquarters	Whittlesey Road Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Corrections Officers	6,000
Staff Members	8,000
Agency executive	Gary M. Lanigan, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Corrections
Child agency	Office of the Chief of Staff
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 Mountainview 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”) (30 July) 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
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) is responsible for operations and management of prison facilities in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The department operates 13 major institutions — seven adult male correctional facilities, three youth facilities, one facility for sex offenders, one women's correctional institution and a central reception / intake unit — and a Stabilization and Reintegration Program. 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 capital sentences (Note though that all of these have now been commuted; see New Jersey Capital punishment).

The mission of the New Jersey Department of Corrections is to operate a safe, secure, and humane correctional facilities. The mission is realized through effective supervision, proper classification, appropriate treatment of offenders, and by providing services that promote successful reentry into society. The department's articulated goals are:

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 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.

The Division of Administration is responsible for managing more than $880 million and employing nearly 10,000 persons, including 6,500 in custody positions to supervise approximately 27,000 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.