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

Mayor Ras J. Baraka said Delaney Hall's private owner lacked a valid certificate of occupancy, an assertion the company ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ -- An inmate recently committed suicide at a prison in Essex County, authorities say. An inmate incarcerated at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark took his own life ...

The private, 1,000-bed facility next to the Essex County jail formerly had contracts to house Essex inmates. In New Jersey, public entities are barred from contracting with the federal government ...

Newark officials sued to prevent the jail from opening, alleging its owners did not obtain proper city permits.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday was countered in a filing by the GEO Group on Wednesday, which railed against "open-borders ...