This story contains descriptions of self-harm. The New Jersey Department of Corrections tracks violence against its own staff the way other agencies track potholes or snow days: with annual targets.

A former New Jersey prison guard has been sentenced to five years behind bars for assaulting an inmate in 2017, authorities announced Monday. Cortlen Flax, a 37-year-old Woodbury resident, was ...

For 18 months, Sonia Doe faced humiliating strip searches in front of male guards. Male prisoners exposed themselves to her. She faced sexual harassment, discrimination and physical threats from ...