N.J.’s prison leader still has a job. Many lawmakers can’t figure out why.
Updated Feb 11, 2021;
Posted Feb 09, 2021
New Jersey Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks in a Jan. 8, 2020, photo at the Family Guidance Center of Warren County in Washington Township.Steve Novak | For lehighvalleylive.com
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Early September, the head of New Jersey’s prison system told state lawmakers that the federal government had just given him a list of suggested reforms for the state’s only women’s prison.
Since then, 152 days have passed. Six female inmates said they were severely beaten by staff. Three officers face criminal charges.
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Weinberg Workgroup on Harassment, Sexual Assault and Misogyny in NJ Politics to Issue Recommendations at Public Meeting January 14, 2021, 8:59 am | in
Weinberg Workgroup on Harassment, Sexual Assault and Misogyny in NJ Politics to Issue Recommendations at Public Meeting
Workgroup schedules Zoom meeting and press conference today, Thursday, January 14, at 1 p.m.; panel members will discuss recommendations and release report
Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg and the Workgroup on Harassment, Sexual Assault and Misogyny in New Jersey Politics announced that they would hold a public meeting and press conference today, Thursday, January 14, at 1 p.m. to issue recommendations and release their report.
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New Jersey FMBA President Ed Donnelly seems like a formidable potential candidate for state Senate
in the 21st District. He’s a powerful guy as both head of one of the state’s big public workers unions and chair of the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System. And it’s another one of those once-safely Republican districts that got a lot friendlier-looking to Democrats in the Trump era.
Weinberg-Gopal Bill Creates ELEC Unit to Investigate Sexual Misconduct Complaints in NJ Politics January 28, 2021, 3:40 pm | in
Weinberg-Gopal Bill Creates ELEC Unit to Investigate Sexual Misconduct Complaints in NJ Politics
Proposed measure, backed by Katie Brennan and leading activists, requires campaigns, party organizations to implement anti-harassment policies, training and confidential complaint process
TRENTON – Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg and Senator Vin Gopal today introduced legislation requiring campaigns and political parties to implement anti-harassment policies, training and a confidential complaint process, and establishing an independent governmental unit to investigate complaints of sexual misconduct in the political arena.
The Weinberg-Gopal bill, S-3389, would establish an independent investigative unit not subject to control by campaign, party or elected officials to receive and probe allegations of sexual