ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — An inmate gave another prisoner a “piledriver” onto a concrete floor, two correctional officers were taken ...

Invited speakers included community leaders and families affected by mass deportation who spoke out against the reopening of ...

A Montclair resident with an active attempted murder warrant was arrested after a traffic stop in Glen Ridge, police said.

The city alleges in a lawsuit that the Geo Group, a private contractor, has failed to secure required city approvals.

Newark accuses Geo Group of “wanton and unlawful occupation” of Delaney Hall, a facility the company wants to turn into a new ...

On March 28 at approximately 8:57 p.m., Essex Police responded to an incident on Rotunda Avenue where a homeowner confronted ...

That’s how some residents of Chez Nous, a staffed facility funded by Essex County’s Intensive Supportive Housing Program, see the order to move out by May 31. “It’s been a lifesaving ...

Wildlife volunteers rescued a woodchuck stuck atop a razor-sharp wire fence at the Middleton Jail and House of Correction on Sunday, according to the Essex County Sheriff’s Department.

MIDDLETON — Essex County Sheriff Kevin Coppinger recently announced the Essex County Sheriff’s Department has once again scored high marks to earn re-accreditation from the American Correctional ...