New Jersey

The Edna Mahan Correctional Facility will be a main priority for Victoria Kuhn, who has been with the DOC since 2007

Daniel Sincavage was traveling from one area of the correctional facility to another section of the facility when the crash occurred

It's a key position in a prison system that has struggled to rein in criminal behavior, particularly at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women

A federal monitor found inmates were “weaponizing” PREA and using it as a way to threaten officers and retaliate against them

The state's policy does not require transgender inmates to undergo gender-reassignment surgery to be held in the facility

Corrections Commissioner Victoria Kuhn said the moves were part of "lifting the veil of secrecy that has hung over this department, and Edna, for far too long"

Corrections officers must be fully vaccinated by May 11 or within three weeks of becoming eligible for a booster shot

The veteran officer will also receive two years of back pay and attorney fees

Union officials are sounding the alarm as the state, like many, grapples with a staffing shortage

Gov. Phil Murphy criticized those who refuse to get the vaccine as "selfish," likening it to drunk driving

The new order requires a booster dose to be considered fully vaccinated

“The mental health of our staff is in grave danger," the union's president said in a statement

“The future of jails is more of a regional model than one that is county-by-county.”

The top-ranking official at the facility along with four officers were charged Wednesday