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New Jersey licenses State and county correctional police officers and State parole officers through the Police Training Commission, the same body that licenses police. The Department of Corrections sets and inspects county jail standards, and the Isolated Confinement Restriction Act limits isolation in State and county facilities. Since 2023 the State has paid a 10-minute shift overlap in State prisons, let counties form regional jail authorities that employ correctional police, raised penalties for throwing bodily fluids at corrections staff, and created a Division of Women’s Services with new training and investigation duties.

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At a glance

Certifying body
Police Training Commission (PTC), in the Division of Criminal Justice. Since P.L.2022, c.65 it licenses every “law enforcement officer,” a term that expressly includes State correctional police officers, county correctional police officers, and State Parole officers. It approves the schools that run basic and in-service courses for State and county adult correctional police officers and juvenile detention officers. The Commissioner of Corrections, the State Parole Board chair, and the New Jersey County Jail Wardens Association sit on the Commission (N.J.S.A. 52:17B-67, -67.1, -70, -71(a), -71a). Licensing, its standards, and discipline are covered on the New Jersey Officer Ledger page.
Statute
Police Training Act, N.J.S.A. 52:17B-66 to -77.20, including the licensing provisions at 52:17B-71a to -71h and the separation and misconduct notice duty at 52:17B-77.16a. Police powers: State correctional police officers and State parole officers, N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4; county correctional police officers, 2A:154-3. Department of Corrections: Title 30, chapter 1B. Isolated confinement: 30:4-82.5 to -82.11. Regional jail authorities: 40A:67-1 et seq.
Minimum standards
The PTC license standards that apply to police apply to correctional police and parole officers, including the bar on applicants listed in the National Decertification Index; see the Officer Ledger page. The background check includes the Prison Rape Elimination Act check under 28 C.F.R. 115.317 “if applicable,” and applicants must disclose their social media accounts (52:17B-71b). Civil Service sets a 12-month working test period for entry-level correction officer titles (11A:4-15(a)).
Basic training
No one may receive a permanent appointment as a law enforcement officer, including correctional police and parole officers, without completing a PTC-approved course at an approved school (52:17B-68). A probationary appointment is limited to one year plus up to six months (52:17B-69). Since January 12, 2026, every PTC basic course must include training on barricaded individuals and mental health crises (52:17B-77.20). Course hours for the State and county correctional police basic courses could not be confirmed: the PTC pages on njoag.gov returned HTTP 403, and N.J.A.C. 13:1 is not on a free official host.
In-service training
State correctional police officers must complete at least 40 hours of in-service training each year, in addition to firearms and use-of-force training. At least 4 hours cover sexual-abuse prevention under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (since January 20, 2026, including reporting methods, confidentiality, and victim support), non-fraternization, and manipulation awareness; 20 hours cover de-escalation, minimizing force, implicit bias, LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming incarcerated people, inmate rights, and officer wellness; 16 hours are facility-chosen topics (N.J.S.A. 30:1B-6.13). Officers who supervise women must take annual gender-responsive training (30:1B-54(d)). All licensed officers must complete PTC continuing education to stay employed (52:17B-71g).
Decertification
The PTC may suspend, restrict, revoke, condition, or inactivate a license, and “shall revoke” for a crime, domestic violence, or a firearms-disqualifying offense. It reports revocations and denials to the National Decertification Index. The chief officer must notify the PTC of hires, separations, and listed discipline and findings (52:17B-71e, -71f, -77.16a). No statute requires a public list of revoked licenses. The full grounds and process are on the Officer Ledger page.
Jail standards
Department of Corrections. The Commissioner sets minimum standards for county jails and other adult county facilities by rule (N.J.A.C. 10A:31). The DOC Office of County Services inspects every county correctional facility each year, inspects municipal detention facilities (N.J.A.C. 10A:34), and reviews construction plans (N.J.S.A. 30:1B-10; Office of County Services).
Probation and parole officers
State Parole Board parole officers are PTC-licensed law enforcement officers with police powers (52:17B-67; 2A:154-4). Adult probation officers are Judiciary employees appointed by the Assignment Judge of each county’s Superior Court (2A:168-5). They are not in the PTC licensing definition, and no statutory probation officer certification was found.
Restrictive housing
Isolated Confinement Restriction Act (P.L.2019, c.160), in force since August 1, 2020 (computed: the first day of the thirteenth month after approval on July 11, 2019), for State and county facilities. Isolated confinement means confinement for approximately 20 or more hours a day in a State facility, or 22 or more in a county facility (30:4-82.7). It is allowed only on reasonable cause to believe there is a substantial risk of serious harm, not for non-disciplinary reasons, and only after a clinician exam; in county jails, medical staff do a preliminary exam within 12 hours and the clinical exam follows within 48 hours, extendable to 72. A hearing is required within 72 hours and a review every 30 days. Daily clinician checks are required in State prisons, and medical-staff checks at least once a week in county jails (30:4-82.8). The limit is 20 consecutive days, or 30 days in any 60-day period, except during a facility-wide lockdown. Members of listed vulnerable groups (age 21 or younger or 65 or older; mental illness or developmental disability; a serious medical condition; significant hearing or vision impairment; pregnancy or the postpartum period; or being perceived as LGBTI) may not be isolated except as the act allows. No one may be released directly from isolation to the community in the last 180 days of a State sentence, or the last 30 days in a county jail. Emergency confinement is capped at 24 hours.
Corrections use of force
Staff and medical providers in State and county correctional facilities may not restrain a woman known to be pregnant, or apply restraints during labor, pregnancy-related medical distress, delivery, or postpartum recovery, and pregnant women may not be placed in isolated confinement (Dignity for Incarcerated Primary Caretaker Parents Act, 30:1B-6.8(c), (d), 6.9(b), (c)). Since January 12, 2026, the Attorney General must review the Statewide use-of-force policy every even-numbered year under core principles set in statute, and use-of-force incidents must be reported and published (52:17B-4.14, -4.15; entry below). The current policy text as it applies to correctional police was not checked, because njoag.gov returned HTTP 403.

Changes, 2023 to 2026

  • Incarcerated Women’s Protection Act: gender-responsive training, a PREA unit, and a special victims unit

    P.L.2025, c.305 (S3530 1R), N.J.S.A. 30:1B-45.1, -45.2, -53 to -57, amending 30:1B-6.13Approved January 20, 2026; effective immediately

    The act creates a Division of Women’s Services in the Department of Corrections with a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Compliance Unit, and a special victims unit in the Special Investigations Division to investigate sexual assault and sexual misconduct in State prisons. Every State facility must have confidential interview space. The act also provides doula services and a support person during labor, and gender-responsive classification. “The commissioner shall institute mandatory in-service training for every correctional police officer that supervises female incarcerated persons regarding gender responsive policies.” Section 7 amends the 40-hour annual in-service statute: the PREA hours, which the prior text (P.L.2021, c.305) described only in general terms, now cover PREA terminology, reporting methods, confidentiality, and access to emotional support for victims.

    For corrections staff: Officers who supervise women need annual gender-responsive training, and every State correctional police officer’s PREA hours now cover reporting, confidentiality, and victim support.

    P.L.2025, c.305 P.L.2021, c.305 (prior text)

  • Police powers confirmed for promoted DOC ranks; use-of-force principles in statute; barricade training

    P.L.2025, c.243 (A4175 3R), N.J.S.A. 52:17B-4.14 to -4.16, 52:17B-77.20, amending 2A:154-4Approved January 12, 2026; effective immediately

    Section 5 rewrites 2A:154-4 so that police powers cover State correctional police officers and Department of Corrections investigators, “including all promotional ranks and positions responsible for overseeing correctional police officers and investigators so long as they have an underlying correctional police officer or investigator title,” as well as State Parole Board parole officers. The third reprint shows the earlier wording bracketed and the promotional-rank clause inserted. The act also requires the Attorney General to review the Statewide use-of-force policy every even-numbered year, after three regional public hearings, under statutory core principles: sanctity of life, de-escalation first, only objectively reasonable, necessary, and proportional force, deadly force as a last resort, and duties to intervene, render aid, and report. Every use-of-force incident must be reported and published online. Every PTC basic course must include barricaded-individual and mental-health-crisis training. The Officer Ledger page covers the policing provisions.

    For corrections staff: Sergeants, lieutenants, and other promoted DOC supervisors keep police powers if they hold an underlying correctional police officer or investigator title.

    P.L.2025, c.243 A4175 third reprint

  • Regional jail authorities may employ correctional police officers outside Civil Service

    P.L.2025, c.253 (A4877), amending P.L.2023, c.346 (N.J.S.A. 40A:67-2 to -12)Approved January 12, 2026; effective immediately

    The amended act now says a regional rehabilitation and reentry center authority may “employ correctional police officers and other employees, without regard to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service,” while employees may still enter a collective bargaining agreement. An authority must now be formed by two or more counties, not one or more, and a board of authority commissioners replaces the management committee. The act also amends the bond provisions.

    For corrections staff: If your county joins a regional authority, the authority can employ you as a correctional police officer outside Civil Service rules, but collective bargaining remains available.

    P.L.2025, c.253

  • Throwing bodily fluid at corrections staff: higher grade for serious injury, limits on sample use

    P.L.2024, c.94 (S3201 2R), amending N.J.S.A. 2C:12-13 and 2C:12-1Approved November 18, 2024; effective immediately

    Throwing a bodily fluid at, or purposely subjecting to contact with a bodily fluid, a Department of Corrections employee, county or juvenile correctional police officer, State juvenile facility employee, juvenile detention staff member, or probation officer, among others, is aggravated assault. The act adds a second-degree grade when the victim suffers serious bodily injury; the offense stays third degree with bodily injury and fourth degree otherwise. Court services officers are added to the protected list. The prison term runs consecutively, and the person charged must give a blood or other sample for communicable-disease testing, by consent or under a Superior Court warrant. New text bars law enforcement from using the sample for any other purpose without a separate warrant, and the sample must be destroyed after testing.

    For corrections staff: If a bodily-fluid assault causes you serious bodily injury, it is now a second-degree crime, and any positive disease test result is disclosed to you.

    P.L.2024, c.94 S3201 second reprint

  • Paid 10-minute shift overlap in State prisons

    P.L.2023, c.196 (S3839), N.J.S.A. 30:1B-6.19Approved December 21, 2023; effective on the first day of the fourth month after enactment, April 1, 2024 (computed)

    “The commissioner shall institute in each State correctional facility a shift overlap of 10 minutes for the purpose of information dissemination between correctional police officers beginning and ending their shifts.” The act appropriated $13 million to pay Department of Corrections correctional police officers, sergeants, and lieutenants for the overlap at time and one-half.

    For corrections staff: State correctional police get a paid 10-minute handover at each shift change, paid at time and one-half.

    P.L.2023, c.196

  • Counties may form regional authorities to run jails as rehabilitation and reentry centers

    P.L.2023, c.346 (A5835), Regional Rehabilitation and Reentry Center Authority Act, N.J.S.A. 40A:67-1 et seq.Approved January 16, 2024; effective immediately

    County governing bodies may, by parallel ordinances or resolutions, establish an authority to develop, build, and operate a regional rehabilitation and reentry center under an inter-county agreement approved by the Local Finance Board. The authority may issue bonds, contract for construction or operation of the center, and employ staff without regard to Title 11A, Civil Service, while employees may still bargain collectively. Its budget is funded by taxes apportioned by each county’s average daily population of inmates, and a county that transfers its jail function deducts the cost from its own budget. P.L.2025, c.253 later amended the act (entry above).

    For corrections staff: A county jail can be transferred to a multi-county authority that is not bound by Civil Service rules for its employees.

    P.L.2023, c.346

Enacted, not yet in force, pending, and bills that did not pass

No enacted change was found awaiting its effective date. Pending and failed 2024 to 2026 bills on corrections staff were not searched: no bill-search source was queried, and the statutes file dated October 20, 2026 was scanned for 2023 to 2026 history notes instead, which finds only enacted law.

Not verified: the PTC licensing regulations as they apply to correctional police and parole officers, including any rollout schedule and any public list of license actions. The New Jersey Register and Administrative Code were not reached on a free official host.

Checked and unchanged

  • N.J.S.A. 11A:4-15: P.L.2025, c.261 removed the 3-month working test period for political subdivision employees. The 12-month period for entry-level correction officers is unchanged (compared against the A5146 bracketed text).
  • Not counted: P.L.2025, c.35 renamed the Juvenile Justice Commission the Youth Justice Commission throughout, including in the 52:17B-67 definition. It is a name change only.

Bills in the legislature

Bills in the current session whose title concerns corrections officers, jails, probation and parole, and conditions of confinement, found automatically in LegiScan's copy of the legislature's records and refreshed daily (last on October 21, 2026). This list is not reviewed by an editor and is not a summary of the bills; each links to the legislature's own page, which controls. Bills that become law are added to the dated entries above once checked.

The law, section by section

Every section of the statutes and rules this page relies on that could be read from an official source, 150 in all, each linked to the official text. Headings are copied from the official tables of contents, checked October 21, 2026.

New Jersey Statutes, Title 52, Chapter 17B, Sections 52:17B-66 to 52:17B-77.20: Police Training Act (including the police licensing provisions of P.L.2022, c.65)Statute · 48 sections

Official text current through New Jersey Legislature bulk statutes file STATUTES-TEXT.zip dated 2026-10-20 06:00 ("Updated every week day"), read 2026-10-21. Section list and catchlines read from the Legislature's official bulk plain-text statutes file; each section link points to the bulk file. Catchlines are copied with spacing normalized and the trailing period dropped. The file has no subdivision headings. N.J.S.A. 52:17B-66 to 52:17B-77.20, official text

Police Training Act (52:17B-66 to 52:17B-77.20)

  • 52:17B-66 Findings, declarations
  • 52:17B-67 Definitions
  • 52:17B-67.1 Valid, active license required for law enforcement officer employment
  • 52:17B-68 Authority to require training of policemen prior to permanent appointment; exception
  • 52:17B-68.2 Development of modified basic training program for county corrections officers
  • 52:17B-68.3 Basic training program for county correctional police officers, revised
  • 52:17B-69 Probationary, temporary appointment as police officer
  • 52:17B-69.1 Enrollment in police training course for persons seeking probationary, temporary appointment
  • 52:17B-69.2 Eligibility for appointment
  • 52:17B-70 Police training commission established; members; terms
  • 52:17B-71 Powers, responsibilities, duties of commission
  • 52:17B-71a Licensing process established; powers, responsibilities, duties
  • 52:17B-71b License requirements
  • 52:17B-71c Employing law enforcement unit responsible for collection, verification, maintenance of qualification documents
  • 52:17B-71d Law enforcement license renewal, process
  • 52:17B-71e Adverse license action, repercussions
  • 52:17B-71f Hearing over denial of initial, renewal license
  • 52:17B-71g Continuing officer education training requirement
  • 52:17B-71h Fees for training, other services provided by commission
  • 52:17B-71.8 Training course for safe schools resource officers, liaisons to law enforcement
  • 52:17B-71.9 Adoption of training course by Police Training Commission
  • 52:17B-71.10 Definitions relative to police training
  • 52:17B-71.11 Pilot program established; increase access to training courses applying the Crisis Intervention model
  • 52:17B-72 Effect of act upon powers and duties of municipalities and counties and civil service
  • 52:17B-73 Organization of commission; quorum
  • 52:17B-74 Minutes and other records
  • 52:17B-75 Reimbursement for expenses
  • 52:17B-76 Annual report
  • 52:17B-77 Appropriation
  • 52:17B-77.3 Recommendation of standards
  • 52:17B-77.4 Senior citizens crime prevention program
  • 52:17B-77.5 Conduct of senior citizens crime prevention program at county level
  • 52:17B-77.6 Liability to State law enforcement agency for training; terms defined
  • 52:17B-77.7 Findings, declarations relative to Alzheimer's disease
  • 52:17B-77.8 Training protocols for law enforcement for Safe Return Program
  • 52:17B-77.9 In-service training
  • 52:17B-77.10 Rules, regulations
  • 52:17B-77.11 Training programs
  • 52:17B-77.12 Required training concerning bias intimidation crimes for police officers
  • 52:17B-77.13 Development, identification of uniform cultural diversity and implicit bias training course materials
  • 52:17B-77.14 Provision of in-service training
  • 52:17B-77.15 Training curriculum to prevent suicide committed by law enforcement officers
  • 52:17B-77.16 Report of incident of completed suicide by a law enforcement officer
  • 52:17B-77.16a Notification of appointment, employment, separation, suspension, certain sustained findings
  • 52:17B-77.17 Adoption of course by Police Training Commission
  • 52:17B-77.18 "Low-income community" defined; Civil Service Commission program creation for preparatory courses, funding, law enforcement examinations
  • 52:17B-77.19 State correctional police officer training, infusion of concept of inmate dignity, fairness, respect
  • 52:17B-77.20 Training for law enforcement
New Jersey Statutes, Title 2A, Chapter 154 (sections 2A:154-3 and 2A:154-4): police powers of county and State correctional police officers and State parole officersStatute · 2 sections

Official text current through New Jersey Legislature bulk statutes file STATUTES-TEXT.zip dated 2026-10-20 06:00 ("Updated every week day"), read 2026-10-21. Partial list: only the two sections the page cites. Section list and catchlines read from the Legislature's official bulk plain-text statutes file; each section link points to the bulk file. Catchlines are copied with spacing normalized and the trailing period dropped. The file has no subdivision headings. N.J.S.A. 2A:154-3, 2A:154-4, official text

Chapter 154 (sections 2A:154-3 and 2A:154-4 only)

  • 2A:154-3 Powers of certain officers
  • 2A:154-4 Authorization to exercise police powers
New Jersey Statutes, Title 30, Chapter 1B: Department of CorrectionsStatute · 70 sections

Official text current through New Jersey Legislature bulk statutes file STATUTES-TEXT.zip dated 2026-10-20 06:00 ("Updated every week day"), read 2026-10-21. Full chapter as it appears in the bulk file. Section list and catchlines read from the Legislature's official bulk plain-text statutes file; each section link points to the bulk file. Catchlines are copied with spacing normalized and the trailing period dropped. The file has no subdivision headings. N.J.S.A. 30:1B, official text

Chapter 1B. Department of Corrections

  • 30:1B-1 Short title
  • 30:1B-2 Department of corrections; establishment; department defined
  • 30:1B-3 Findings, declarations relative to purpose of department
  • 30:1B-4 Commissioner of corrections; appointment; term; compensation
  • 30:1B-5 Deputy and assistants; administrative divisions, personnel
  • 30:1B-6 Powers, duties of commissioner
  • 30:1B-6.1 Short title
  • 30:1B-6.2 Information provided to inmate prior to release; rules, regulations
  • 30:1B-6.2a Commissioner's assistance in obtaining inmate's birth certificate
  • 30:1B-6.3 Coordinator for Reentry and Rehabilitation Services
  • 30:1B-6.4 Notification to inmate of outstanding fines, assessments, warrants, detainers
  • 30:1B-6.5 Short title
  • 30:1B-6.6 Findings, declarations relative to incarcerated primary caretaker parents
  • 30:1B-6.7 Definitions relative to incarcerated primary caretaker parents
  • 30:1B-6.8 Duties of Commissioner
  • 30:1B-6.9 Responsibilities of chief executive officer, warden
  • 30:1B-6.10 Coordination of reentry preparation, other rehabilitative services
  • 30:1B-6.11 Centralized database for disciplinary reports
  • 30:1B-6.12 Allocation of cost savings
  • 30:1B-6.13 Additional training for correctional police officers
  • 30:1B-6.14 In-service training on non-fraternization, undue familiarity
  • 30:1B-6.15 Provision of non-driver identification card
  • 30:1B-6.16 Assistance with applications for enrollment in certain programs
  • 30:1B-6.17 Information provided to county welfare agency, board of social services
  • 30:1B-6.18 Inmate's use of the reentry organization's address
  • 30:1B-6.19 Shift overlap, State correctional facilities, information dissemination
  • 30:1B-7 Personal contact with institutions and noninstitutional agencies
  • 30:1B-8 Transfer to Department of Corrections
  • 30:1B-8.1 Name changes
  • 30:1B-8.2 Prohibits use of local governmental unit name
  • 30:1B-8.3 Definitions
  • 30:1B-8.4 Conditions of closing facilities, privatizing services
  • 30:1B-9 Transfer of functions, powers and duties of division of correction and parole, and department and commissioner of institutions and agencies with respect to matters on correctional institutions
  • 30:1B-10 Transfer of functions and powers to Department of Corrections, rules, regulations
  • 30:1B-10.1 Provision of mental health services to certain incarcerated persons
  • 30:1B-10.2 Inmate access to drug treatment program; rules, regulations
  • 30:1B-11 Transfer of functions, powers and duties of department of institutions and agencies with respect to county work and vocational training release programs
  • 30:1B-12 Transfer of appropriations and available moneys
  • 30:1B-13 Transfer of employees
  • 30:1B-14 Preservation of rights of employees
  • 30:1B-15 Special reemployment and layoff rights
  • 30:1B-16 Transfer of files, books, papers, records, equipment and property
  • 30:1B-17 Orders, rules and regulations; continuance after transfer
  • 30:1B-18 Inapplicability of act to actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, of agency involved in transfer or assignment
  • 30:1B-19 Reports, certifications, applications or requests made to agency involved in transfer; filing
  • 30:1B-20 References to division of correction and parole or commissioner or department of institutions and agencies to mean department or commissioner of corrections
  • 30:1B-22 Transfer of state parole board
  • 30:1B-24 Rules and regulations
  • 30:1B-25 Salary of commissioner
  • 30:1B-39 Definitions
  • 30:1B-40 Report of inmate abuse
  • 30:1B-41 Establishment of inmate abuse reporting program for State correctional facilities
  • 30:1B-42 Confidentiality, immunity from liability, retaliation
  • 30:1B-43 Penalty for failure to report
  • 30:1B-44 Rules, regulations
  • 30:1B-45 Liaison chosen, information provided
  • 30:1B-45.1 Special victim’s unit, Department of Corrections
  • 30:1B-45.2 Information regarding sexual abuse, harassment of incarcerated persons to be provided at orientation, corrections
  • 30:1B-46 Policy to limit cross gender searches and surveillance in State correctional facilities
  • 30:1B-47 Definitions relative to domestic violence
  • 30:1B-48 Supervised community reintegration program established
  • 30:1B-49 Application by eligible inmate to participate in program
  • 30:1B-50 Approval, admission to the program
  • 30:1B-51 Notice to county prosecutor or Attorney General
  • 30:1B-52 Rules, regulations
  • 30:1B-53 Short title
  • 30:1B-54 Gender responsive risk, needs assessment, institutional classification process, corrections
  • 30:1B-55 Division of Women’s Services, Prison Rape Elimination Act Compliance Unit, Department of Corrections
  • 30:1B-56 Doula services, incarcerated persons
  • 30:1B-57 Pre-release case management, discharge planning sessions, resources from reentry services
New Jersey Statutes, Title 30, Sections 30:4-82.5 to 30:4-82.11: Isolated Confinement Restriction ActStatute · 7 sections

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Isolated confinement (30:4-82.5 to 30:4-82.11)

  • 30:4-82.5 Short title
  • 30:4-82.6 Findings, declarations relative to the use of isolated confinement
  • 30:4-82.7 Definitions relative to the use of isolated confinement
  • 30:4-82.8 Limitations on use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities
  • 30:4-82.9 Placement in isolated confinement pending investigation of disciplinary offense
  • 30:4-82.10 Duties of commissioner prior to effective date
  • 30:4-82.11 Regulations
New Jersey Statutes, Title 40A, Chapter 67: Regional jail authoritiesStatute · 23 sections

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Chapter 67 (40A:67-1 et seq.)

  • 40A:67-1 Short title
  • 40A:67-2 Definitions
  • 40A:67-3 County governing bodies, regional rehabilitation, reentry center, authority
  • 40A:67-4 Inter-county agreement, regional rehabilitation, reentry center
  • 40A:67-5 Officer, employee, not to acquire interest, regional rehabilitation, reentry center
  • 40A:67-6 Regional rehabilitation, reentry center, authority, public body politic, corporate
  • 40A:67-7 Regional rehabilitation, reentry center construction, authority, issuance of bonds
  • 40A:67-8 Bond resolution adoption, management committee, powers
  • 40A:67-9 Authority, selling of bonds
  • 40A:67-10 Authority, file copies of bond resolutions, management committee
  • 40A:67-11 Bond, other obligation, fully negotiable, regional rehabilitation, reentry center
  • 40A:67-12 Committee members, others executing bonds, State, not to be liable personally
  • 40A:67-13 Authority, bond resolution, securing payment of bonds, power to covenant
  • 40A:67-14 Bond resolution, holders of series, entitled to benefits, event of default, appointing a representing trustee
  • 40A:67-15 Bond resolution, trustee, entitled, appointment of a receiver of assets, rights
  • 40A:67-16 Authority property, exempt from levy, sale
  • 40A:67-17 Legally investing sinking funds, bonds of authority, security for public deposits
  • 40A:67-18 Regional rehabilitation, reentry center, satellite facilities, public property
  • 40A:67-19 State to pledge, covenant, agree, holders of bonds, bond resolution, authority, not to limit, alter rights vested
  • 40A:67-20 Banking business, authorized, sufficient undertaking, sureties
  • 40A:67-21 Annual audit
  • 40A:67-22 Bond resolution adopted, copies, file with Director, Division of Local Government Services
  • 40A:67-23 Scope of act, negotiation

Rules not listed: the page cites no N.J.A.C. chapter for corrections, and the New Jersey Administrative Code is published online only through a LexisNexis-hosted site (see the Officer Ledger library).

USCLI's source monitor re-reads the 13 official sources cited on this page around the clock; 2 answered unchanged at their latest check. The oldest of those checks was on October 21, 2026. 1 did not answer at the last check and are being retried.

Last updated October 21, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & InvestigationCite as: United States Council for Law & Investigation, “New Jersey corrections law: Corrections Ledger,” uscli.org/corrections-tracker/new-jersey (last updated October 21, 2026). Text licensed CC BY 4.0.