New Jersey Association on Correction

06/04/2021

05/27/2021

What’s the status of police, prison reform in NJ? | NJ Spotlight News

What’s the status of police, prison reform in NJ? | NJ Spotlight News

Here’s a rundown of police and prison reform in New Jersey – reforms that have been enacted and those still pending.

05/24/2021

NJ allows non-violent drug offenders to apply for new sentences

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2021/05/19/nj-allows-non-violent-drug-offenders-apply-new-sentences/5172441001/

The state Attorney General abolished minimum sentences for non-violent drug crimes while the governor battles with senators to do the same.

05/12/2021

Time may be running out for NJ's only women's prison | NJ Spotlight News

Time may be running out for NJ's only women's prison | NJ Spotlight News

DOC chief Marcus Hicks came under fire from lawmakers during budget hearings, in which closing the Edna Mahan lockup was also discussed.

05/12/2021

New Jersey Association On Correction Jobs, Employment | Indeed.com

NJAC is looking for a Facilities Monitor for Fenwick House. Fenwick House is a residential program for female adult residents in the state correctional system who are assigned to a work release program. https://tinyurl.com/7rjek2xw #Jobs #SocialJustice

16 New Jersey Association On Correction jobs available on Indeed.com. Apply to Case Manager, Monitor, Housing Specialist and more!

05/10/2021

Yesterday was Mother's Day- a day to remember and honor those women and others in our lives that have sacrificed and loved us unconditionally.

NJAC strives to make Mother's Day special for the hundreds of women we serve in our programs each day and we are grateful for the donations of many in the community that helped us deliver a happier day.

The victimization of women can be stopped.

But we have to Talk About It and we have to Act.

Speak out AGAINST ideas and behaviors that support violence against women, especially to people you know and who may value your opinion.

Give support if you think someone you know is being victimized or is suffering from trauma. Sometimes just one person believing and supporting can make all the difference.

The NJ 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-572-SAFE (7233).

The NJ 24-hour Sexual Violence Hotline at 1-800-601-7200.

NJAC hopes everyone enjoyed a peaceful and loving Mother's Day.

Yesterday was Mother's Day- a day to remember and honor those women and others in our lives that have sacrificed and loved us unconditionally.

NJAC strives to make Mother's Day special for the hundreds of women we serve in our programs each day and we are grateful for the donations of many in the community that helped us deliver a happier day.

The victimization of women can be stopped.

But we have to Talk About It and we have to Act.

Speak out AGAINST ideas and behaviors that support violence against women, especially to people you know and who may value your opinion.

Give support if you think someone you know is being victimized or is suffering from trauma. Sometimes just one person believing and supporting can make all the difference.

The NJ 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-572-SAFE (7233).

The NJ 24-hour Sexual Violence Hotline at 1-800-601-7200.

NJAC hopes everyone enjoyed a peaceful and loving Mother's Day.

05/07/2021

Are you interested in working for a social justice organization? NJAC may be the right one for you. We are always looking for dedicated people who want to help others. Right now we have openings for a Batterers Intervention Program Supervisor inToms River, a Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor in Camden, a
Domestic Violence Response Team Trainer in Paterson. https://www.indeed.com/q-New-Jersey-Association-On-Correction-jobs.html

04/23/2021

04/15/2021

A Proclamation on Second Chance Month, 2021 | The White House

A Proclamation on Second Chance Month, 2021 | The White House

America's criminal justice system must offer meaningful opportunities for redemption and rehabilitation.  After incarcerated individuals serve their

04/15/2021

It's time to revisit many of the work barriers people with criminal records face

It's time to revisit many of the work barriers people with criminal records face

If COVID-19 has any bright spot, it is that it has forced many of us to reflect on what matters most.

04/08/2021

Thanks to the many hardworking staffers serving in our health programs. #nphw2021

Thanks to the many hardworking staffers serving in our health programs. #nphw2021

03/31/2021

Today is the International Transgender Day of Visibility (#TDOV). Every trans person deserves respect and safety, including trans survivors of domestic violence.

Today is the International Transgender Day of Visibility (#TDOV). Every trans person deserves respect and safety, including trans survivors of domestic violence.

03/23/2021

03/23/2021

Column: The renewal of the Violence Against Women Act should be a no-brainer. But it's not

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-03-21/women-against-violence-act-pass

Why aren't Republicans supporting renewal of the Violence Against Women Act? It may have something to do with gun ownership.

03/17/2021

Attention Renters: Are you in need of rental assistance due to the pandemic? Online applications for Phase II of the #COVID19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program for New Jersey residents opens on March 22, 2021.
For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/3qUtK1L

Attention Renters: Are you in need of rental assistance due to the pandemic? Online applications for Phase II of the #COVID19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program for New Jersey residents opens on March 22, 2021.
For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/3qUtK1L

03/16/2021

Roundtable on preventing childhood trauma | NJ Spotlight News

Roundtable on preventing childhood trauma | NJ Spotlight News

Department of Children and Families Commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer stressed that “the solution can’t come from child welfare alone.”

03/12/2021

Bills to Strengthen New Jersey Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights Heads to Gov. Phil Murphy’s Desk | North-JerseyNews.com

Bills to Strengthen New Jersey Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights Heads to Gov. Phil Murphy’s Desk | North-JerseyNews.com

The bills seek to provide victims more rights in the criminal justice system and improve how cases involving sexual assault are handled.

03/08/2021

03/04/2021

James A. Hemm House is a Residential Community Release Program (RCRP) for up to sixty men on work release from an NJ state correctional facility. Residents created these artworks for Black History Month!

James A. Hemm House is a Residential Community Release Program (RCRP) for up to sixty men on work release from an NJ state correctional facility. Residents created these artworks for Black History Month!

03/04/2021

Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Implementation Science Checklist Series - CSG Justice Center

Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Implementation Science Checklist Series - CSG Justice Center

The implementation science checklist series is intended for professionals who direct and oversee programming in the fields of corrections, community corrections, behavioral health, and social service agencies. The collection of eight checklists will help you assess your agency’s evidence-based pra...

03/03/2021

NJAC celebrates Winifred Canright (1898-1995) one of NJAC's founding Members. She was active in the civil rights movement and prison work for the entirety of her adult life. Winifred and her husband, Dr. Cyril M. Canright (1894-1965) were missionaries in China in the 1920s and 1930s and later made their home in New Jersey. The Canrights owned a beach home in Florida. They made their beach house available to Dr. Martin Luther King when he visited with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) at the urging of Dr. Robert B. Hayling and the St. Augustine movement in May 1964. The mass campaign led to the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Dr. King had not yet spent a night in the house when the local newspaper ran directions to it on the front page. It was vandalized by segregationists. They shot rounds of bullets into the house on May 28, 1964, and then attempted to burn it on May 30. On June 8, they smashed the windows and furniture, painted racist graffiti inside, and firebombed it. All of these events were widely reported around the country, and increased public pressure to do away with racial segregation. Dr. Canright passed away the next year, but Mrs. Canright continued up into her 90s to work for prison reform and other causes in New Jersey. The Winifred Canright House in Asbury Park is named in her honor. This house has been featured as a civil rights landmark, in newspaper stories, books, television programs, and in Clennon King's 2004 documentary "Slave Market Diaries”. A photograph taken of of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the damaged cottage has become one of the iconic images of the civil rights movement.

NJAC celebrates Winifred Canright (1898-1995) one of NJAC's founding Members. She was active in the civil rights movement and prison work for the entirety of her adult life. Winifred and her husband, Dr. Cyril M. Canright (1894-1965) were missionaries in China in the 1920s and 1930s and later made their home in New Jersey. The Canrights owned a beach home in Florida. They made their beach house available to Dr. Martin Luther King when he visited with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) at the urging of Dr. Robert B. Hayling and the St. Augustine movement in May 1964. The mass campaign led to the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Dr. King had not yet spent a night in the house when the local newspaper ran directions to it on the front page. It was vandalized by segregationists. They shot rounds of bullets into the house on May 28, 1964, and then attempted to burn it on May 30. On June 8, they smashed the windows and furniture, painted racist graffiti inside, and firebombed it. All of these events were widely reported around the country, and increased public pressure to do away with racial segregation. Dr. Canright passed away the next year, but Mrs. Canright continued up into her 90s to work for prison reform and other causes in New Jersey. The Winifred Canright House in Asbury Park is named in her honor. This house has been featured as a civil rights landmark, in newspaper stories, books, television programs, and in Clennon King's 2004 documentary "Slave Market Diaries”. A photograph taken of of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the damaged cottage has become one of the iconic images of the civil rights movement.

03/01/2021

02/26/2021

PCWC Awareness Walk Sponsorships

You can be a sponsor of the PCWC Annual Sexual Violence Awareness Walk on April 24th at 10am at Eastside Park in Paterson. Support PCWC!
https://njaconline.networkforgood.com/events/27270-pcwc-awareness-walk-sponsorships

#endsexualassault #endsexualviolence #PCWC #stopsexualviolence

It is really very simple..Consent is REQUIRED. We will come together safely (masked and social distanced!) in solidarity to end sexual violence.

02/19/2021

PCWC Awareness Walk

Please join PCWC for our annual walk for Sexual Violence Awareness. April 24th at 10 a.m. in Paterson's Eastside Park. You can attend in person or virtually.

PCWC is the state lead domestic violence and sexual assault program for Passaic County. Our 24 hour hotline number is
(973) 881-1450.

Register Now!
https://njaconline.networkforgood.com/events/26377-pcwc-awareness-walk

It is really very simple..Consent is REQUIRED. We will come together safely (masked and social distanced!) in solidarity to end sexual violence.

02/02/2021

01/26/2021

Weinberg, Greenstein call for Corrections Commissioner and Edna Mahan Warden to be placed on leave pending probe of beatings of women inmates - Insider NJ

Weinberg, Greenstein call for Corrections Commissioner and Edna Mahan Warden to be placed on leave pending probe of beatings of women inmates - Insider NJ

Weinberg, Greenstein call for Corrections Commissioner and Edna Mahan Warden to be placed on leave pending probe of beatings of women inmates   Senators appalled that abuses and civil rights violations continued after scathing federal Department of Justice report   TRENTON — Senate Majority Lead...

01/19/2021

Happy one year anniversary to NJAC's Hemm House. Our newest Residential Community Release Program (RCRP) for up to sixty men. Named after NJAC’s former Executive Director, James A. Hemm, a life-long advocate for practical policies and practices for vulnerable individuals,

01/18/2021

01/17/2021

New Jersey Association on Correction's cover photo

01/17/2021

60th Anniversary

60th Anniversary

01/11/2021

NJ Prison Justice Watch

How is it possible?
700%...the rate increase for incarcerating women in past thirty years...60% have a child under age 18
AND
This rate is comparable for girls (CA 12-17)...targets of increased sexual victimization and harsher punishment on ’inside’. @thesentencingproject

During these hard times of covid-19, The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls would like to acknowledge the struggles women in prisons across the country are going through. A team of formerly incarcerated or directly affected women we understand first-hand the obstacles many of you are facing. We are writing to let you know that we are fighting every day to end incarceration of women and girls and bring our sisters home. #ClemencyWorks All of Us or None Aclu-NJ

01/06/2021

NJ Prison Justice Watch

How do you endure life behind bars?
The prison-industrial complex is a punitive universe walled off from the larger world. What takes place behind those walls? Deprivation and cruelty, but also the production of art. Check out, “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” a stirring 44-artist show at the reopened MoMA PS1.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/arts/design/marking-time-review-moma-ps1.html?referringSource=articleShare
@Nicole Fleetwood

01/06/2021

An NJAC program available in Ocean and Monmouth counties, The Batterers Intervention Program (BIP) is a highly structured 26-week program that prioritizes offender accountability and confronts the cognitive-behavioral distortions that support an abusive person’s belief that he* has the right to abuse his partner.

Access: Most participants have lived in a household with children that are involved with NJ DCF and are referred through this source.

Services may be available through referrals from other sources on a self-pay basis when there is room available.

*While the pronoun “he” is used, and the majority of batterers are men. Women and others can and do also batter their partners, occurring in heterosexual and LGBTQ communities.

01/04/2021

NJ Department of Human Services

📢 #NJSNAP Recipients to Receive at Least a 15% Increase in Food Assistance Benefits in January.
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💻http://NJFamiliesFirst.com

12/31/2020

Support NJAC: https://njaconline.networkforgood.com/projects/117561-njac-ongoing-campaign