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The mission of the New Jersey Department of Corrections is to ensure that all persons committed to the state correctional institutions are confined with the level of custody necessary to protect the public and that they are provided with the care, discipline, training, and treatment needed to prepare them for reintegration into the community.
MISSION OVERVIEW
The Department of Corrections is organized into three
separate divisions:
Administration
The Division of Administration is responsible for managing a $1.1 billion budget and employing approximately 9,000 persons, including 6,500 in custody positions to supervise approximately 26,000 inmates. The division provides administrative services to support the departmental mission in such major areas as Budget and Fiscal Management, Personnel, Policy and Planning and Information Systems.
Operations
The Division of Operations is responsible for 13 major institutions -- 11 adult male correctional facilities, one women's correctional institution and a central reception/intake unit. These facilities are diverse and unique in their operations. For example, New Jersey State Prison is the lone facility whose inmate population includes only maximum security offenders. The Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center operates Corrections' rehabilitative program for habitual sex offenders. Northern State Prison contains the Security Threat Group Management Unit, which houses gang members considered a threat to the safety of the institutions and individuals. The Edna Mahan Correctional Facility is the state's only correctional institution for women.
Programs and Community Services
The Division of Programs and Community Services offers an array of institutional and community-based program opportunities for offenders, including community labor assistance, academic and vocational educational programs, recreational programs, library (lending and law) services, and substance abuse treatment. Other specialized services include victim awareness, chaplaincy services, county assistance quality assurance, liaison to Intensive Supervision Program and ombudsman services, which is a medium utilized by offenders to seek redress for problems and complaints. Additionally, the division contracts with private and nonprofit providers throughout the state to provide community-based residential treatment programs for offenders under community supervision. Public safety is enhanced through the development, coordination, administration and delivery of these institutional and community-based programs and services.
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