By Brinda Patel (NJ State House News Service) Widespread networks of automated license plate surveillance cameras that create hoards of data used to track motorists are under increasing scrutiny by lawmakers and privacy advocates in the wake of their recent use in ICE arrests. Lawmakers in New Jersey and 34 other states have proposed nearly […]
The state public defender says a three-county pilot program connecting criminal defendants to social services proves it works. Two lawmakers want to expand it.
The state public defender says a three-county pilot program connecting criminal defendants to social services proves it works. Two lawmakers want to expand it.
The report calls on New Jersey legislators to restrict low-level traffic stops to violations that pose an immediate safety threat
Corrections officials credit work-release and other rehabilitative programs for reducing recidivism rates among those freed from New Jersey prisons.
Incarcerated people face high rates of PTSD and trauma, yet most don't receive adequate treatment. Advocates say New Jersey must invest more in mental health to help people successfully reenter society.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing, according to the Union County Prosecutor's Office.
Essex County prosecutors are fighting the exoneration plea of a man whose life sentence ex-Gov. Phil Murphy commuted in January.
Pastor Yeison Cortes Vasquez, 46, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents in Newark on March 20.
