New Jersey's Only Women's Prison Is Closing After Years of Rampant Sexual Abuse and Misconduct
Gov. Murphy said that the 384 women currently incarcerated there would be relocated or placed in a new prison—which would involve building a new prison.
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has announced that he is closing the state’s sole women’s prison, following years of sexual abuse and misconduct on the part of prison guards and staff.
The decision came in the wake of a damning report prepared by a former state comptroller and an outside law firm. The report detailed the events that took place at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility on Jan. 11, when officers conducting a “forced cell extraction” catalyzed a night of violence, with officers using excessive force on the incarcerated women. In total, six women were injured: one was concussed; another suffered a broken eye socket, according to the New York Times. Bonnie Kerness, director of the American Friends Service Committee Prison Watch, later received a letter from the prison reading, “Please send help. They are really seriously beating these women to death.”