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Support for impeaching N.J. prison leader grows in wake of alleged beatings of women inmates


Support for impeaching N.J. prison leader grows in wake of alleged beatings of women inmates
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
Posted Feb 11, 2021
New Jersey Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks in a Jan. 8, 2020, file photo at the Family Guidance Center of Warren County in Washington Township.Steve Novak | For lehighvalleylive.com
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A growing coalition of lawmakers have announced their support for impeaching the head of New Jersey’s prison system amid a criminal probe into assaults against female inmates by staff at the state’s only women’s prison.
A bipartisan group of 10 women in the state Assembly said Thursday they’d support forcing Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks out of a job, which would be the first time in modern history the Legislature impeached a leader in the executive branch. ....

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