Dozens of protesters gathered to fight the sale of Union County's 1,000-bed jail as local lawmakers warn of the "serious risk ...

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

An inmate incarcerated at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark took his own life on Feb. 28, a county spokesperson said. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the death ...

Prisoners' Legal Services said the sheriff’s office is denying treatment to “nearly everyone” with hepatitis C in Essex ...

A prisoner advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit against Essex County Sheriff Kevin Coppinger, alleging that he is ...

A prisoner advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit against Essex County Sheriff Kevin Coppinger, alleging that he is ...

Coppinger recently announced the Essex County Sheriff’s Department has once again scored high marks to earn reaccreditation from the American Correctional Association for two of its facilities ...

An inmate claims he was beaten by correctional officers in a premeditated attack at a youth correctional facility in Burlington County nearly two years ago, according to an excessive force lawsuit ...

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 ...

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 ...