The suspensions are just the most recent scandal at Edna Mahan. “I’m just afraid that the ones who are left are going to retaliate,” Ms. Two women were taken for treatment outside the prison, she said, but her daughter, who was convicted of robbery and is serving a five-year sentence, was treated by an on-site nurse. Rollins, who has been communicating daily with her daughter through a prison email system, at least three women were injured in the incident, which was first reported by NJ.com. Of the 22 officers suspended, 11 are women and 11 are men, he said.Īccording to Ms. “Now that doesn’t excuse whatever happened,” he said, “but it’s been a little bit of a problem area.” He said that in the two weeks before the incident, officers had filed “five or six” reports of being sprayed by prisoners with a mix of feces and urine. “Once things start getting figured out, you’re not going to see 22 officers in trouble,” he said. But it was unlikely, he said, that all were directly involved in the incident, which stemmed from efforts to remove unwilling prisoners from two separate cells - a procedure known as a “forced cell extraction.” 11 were placed on administrative leave, he said. William Sullivan, president of the union that represents state correctional officers, said that he supported a “full investigation due to the criminal nature of these allegations.”Īll officers on duty in the affected housing unit the morning of Jan.
“A pattern has developed at the facility and those supervising it are not doing nearly enough to protect its vulnerable inmates,” the Democratic leader of the Assembly, Craig J. New Jersey’s attorney general’s office is investigating the governor on Wednesday appointed a former comptroller to lead a separate, independent inquiry and the State Assembly announced hearings into “widespread abuse and use of force.” The prison’s top administrator, 22 correctional officers and nine supervisors have been suspended, state and union officials said.