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NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-18.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-18.1 - Requirements for corrections officer at county correctional institution

30:8-18.1. Requirements for corrections officer at county correctional institution  No person shall be appointed as a corrections officer of any county correctional institution unless that person:  a. Is a citizen of the United States; b. Is able to read, write and speak the English language well and intelligently and has a high school diploma or its equivalent;  c. Is sound in body and of good health; d. Is of good moral character; e. Has not been convicted of any offense which would make him unfit to perform the duties of his office.  L.1991,c.110,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-18.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-18.2 - Applicability of "45-day" rule for violation of internal rules to county correctional police officers.

30:8-18.2 Applicability of "45-day" rule for violation of internal rules to county correctional police officers.  1. A person shall not be removed from employment or a position as a county correctional police officer, or suspended, fined or reduced in rank for a violation of the internal rules and regulations established for the conduct of employees of the county corrections department, unless a complaint charging a violation of those rules and regulations is filed no later than the 45th day after the date on which the person filing the complaint obtained sufficient information to file the matter upon which the complaint is based. A failure to comply with this section shall require a dismissal of the complaint. The 45-day time limit shall not apply if an investigation of a county correctional police officer for a violation of the internal rules and regulations of the county corrections department is included directly or indirectly within a concurrent investigation of that officer for a violation of the criminal laws of this State; the 45-day limit shall begin on the day after the disposition of the criminal investigation. The 45-day requirement in this section for the filing of a complaint against a county correctional police officer shall not apply to a filing of a complaint by a private individual. L.2006, c.54, s.1; amended 2019, c.219, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-19 - Resolution of board of chosen freeholders to take over custody of jails; filing; effect

30:8-19. Resolution of board of chosen freeholders to take over custody of jails; filing; effect  It shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders of any county in this state to assume and thereafter to exercise the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jails in their respective counties, and of the prisoners therein, whenever any such board shall decide, by the affirmative votes of two-thirds of all its members, so to do, and shall file a certificate of such decision attested by the director and the clerk of such board, in the office of the secretary of state. When such certificate shall have been so filed, the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail in such county shall be no longer in the sheriff of that county, but in the board of chosen freeholders thereof, and in such jailer, keeper or warden as they shall appoint for that purpose.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-20 - Warden or keeper of county jail; appointment; term; bond; removal

30:8-20. Warden or keeper of county jail; appointment; term; bond; removal  In any county where the board of chosen freeholders shall assume the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail and of the prisoners therein, as provided by section 30:8-19 of this Title, such board shall, by the votes of a majority of all its members for the time being, appoint some fit person to be the keeper or warden of the jail or jails of the county, who shall hold his office for the term of five years and until his successor shall be appointed in his stead and shall have duly qualified and given bond. Such keeper or warden may be removed from office at any time, by the affirmative votes of two-thirds of all the members of the board of chosen freeholders of the county for the time being, for good cause appearing to them. Such keeper or warden before he enters upon the discharge of the duties of his office shall give bond to such board of chosen freeholders, in such sum and with such sureties as such board shall prescribe, conditioned for the full and faithful performance of the duties of his office; provided, however, that where any county has adopted the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes (Civil Service) and the warden or keeper of the county jail has held his said office by virtue of the provisions of said Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, upon such transfer of the custody of the jail to the board of chosen freeholders, such warden in office at the time of the passage of this act, shall continue to hold his said office and enjoy tenure therein subject to all of the provisions of said Title 11 of the Revised Statutes. Amended by L.1945, c. 149, p. 534, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-21 - Liability for escape of prisoners under civil arrest when surrendered to jail warden

30:8-21. Liability for escape of prisoners under civil arrest when surrendered to jail warden  In all cases where any sheriff, undersheriff or constable shall be by law authorized or required to confine or keep in jail any person arrested or in custody on any civil process, or in any civil suit or proceeding, by surrender in discharge of bail or in any other way, such sheriff, undersheriff or constable shall deliver such person so arrested or in custody to the jail warden of such county, if there shall be one, within such jail, with a copy of the process, commitment or surrender by virtue of which such person was arrested or is in custody, and after such delivery such sheriff, undersheriff or constable shall not be liable for any escape of such prisoner; but the board of chosen freeholders of such county, or their keeper or warden, if they shall have appointed one under the provisions of section 30:8-20 of this Title, shall, for any escape after such delivery, be liable in the same manner as the sheriff of the county would be if he had the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail of such county and of the prisoners therein. Such sheriff, undersheriff or constable may require such keeper or warden to give a receipt, upon the process or commitment by which such prisoner may be arrested or held, for the body of such prisoner. Amended by L.1971, c. 2, s. 16, eff. Jan. 15, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-22 - Persons committed to jails to be delivered to wardens

30:8-22. Persons committed to jails to be delivered to wardens  All persons committed to a county jail which has been taken over by the board of chosen freeholders pursuant to section 30:8-19 of this title, according to law, by any committing magistrate, shall be delivered to the keeper or warden of such jail and by him held in custody until discharged by due process of law.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-23 - Rules and regulations; punishments

30:8-23. Rules and regulations; punishments  When the board of chosen freeholders of any county shall have assumed the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail of such county pursuant to section 30:8-19 of this title, such board shall prescribe rules and regulations for the management and conduct of such jail, and the employment, maintenance and keeping of the prisoners therein, and may authorize and require the keeper or warden of such jail to enforce such rules and regulations, and to punish any breach of the same by the prisoners, and any refusal to work, or any insubordination, by solitary confinement, change or diminution of food and diet, or such other reasonable punishments as they may prescribe.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-24.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-24.1 - Compensation of jail keepers in certain counties of second and fifth classes

30:8-24.1. Compensation of jail keepers in certain counties of second and fifth classes  The compensation of jail keepers of jails, in counties of the second and fifth classes having a population of more than two hundred thousand, of which the custody, rule, keeping and charge has been taken over by the board of chosen freeholders of any county pursuant to section 30:8-24 of the Revised Statutes, shall be the same as that of court attendants of the county, subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, but this section shall not be construed as reducing or authorizing the reduction of the compensation of any such jail keeper as the same was fixed on the effective date of this act. L.1947, c. 278, p. 983, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-24.1a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-24.1a - Compensation of jail keepers in second-class counties

30:8-24.1a. Compensation of jail keepers in second-class counties  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 30:8-17.1 of the Revised Statutes or chapter 278 of the laws of 1947, or any other law, the compensation paid to jailkeepers employed in counties of the second class shall not be less than and may be more than the compensation paid to court attendants attending the Superior Court of such county.  L.1968,c.269,s.1; amended 1970,c.117,s.1; 1991,c.91,s.329.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-24.1b (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-24.1b - Increase of compensation upon recommendation of county sheriff

30:8-24.1b. Increase of compensation upon recommendation of county sheriff  Compensation paid to jailkeepers employed in counties of the second class may on recommendation of the county sheriff, be increased by resolution of the board of chosen freeholders. L.1968, c. 269, s. 2, eff. Sept. 4, 1968. Amended by L.1970, c. 117, s. 2, eff. June 29, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-24.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-24.2 - Custody rule, keeping and charge of jails returned to sheriff

30:8-24.2. Custody rule, keeping and charge of jails returned to sheriff  In any county of the second class where the sheriff of the county has heretofore prior to December 1, 1956, by written notice, directed the board of chosen freeholders of such county to take and have the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the jail or jails in such county, the board of chosen freeholders of such county, by resolution, shall direct the sheriff of the county to take and have the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the jail or jails in such county and, thereupon, the said sheriff shall have the same powers and duties in respect to such custody, rule, keeping and charge of the jail or jails in such county in the same manner and to the same effect as the sheriff of said county had prior to the giving of the aforesaid written notice of direction to the board of chosen freeholders of the county. L.1957, c. 178, p. 619, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-25 - County jail prisoners employed by chosen freeholders; guards, etc.

30:8-25. County jail prisoners employed by chosen freeholders; guards, etc.  The board of chosen freeholders of any county in this state may cause to be employed within such county any or all prisoners in any county jail under sentence, or committed for nonpayment of a fine and costs, or committed in default of bond for nonsupport of family. When prisoners are so employed they shall be in the custody and control of the sheriff, who shall make rules and regulations governing their employment. The sheriff may provide necessary guards and attendants while prisoners are so employed and fix their duties and salaries, as well as the terms of their employment. The wages and salaries of such guards and attendants, and other necessary expenses in connection therewith, together with wages or earnings paid to prisoners as hereinafter provided, shall be included in and shall be charged against the cost of such work.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-26 - County jail inmates

30:8-26. County jail inmates  The county governing body may establish a wage system for payment to prisoners for their services upon work carried on by such governing body or by any board, commission or institution that receives funds from the county. Such wage system may include in its provisions all prisoners employed in any work or service necessary for the maintenance of the county jail or its inmates; but the wage allowed each prisoner shall not exceed fifty cents for each day of eight hours' work by such prisoners.  The county governing body is authorized to withdraw from moneys paid to prisoners sufficient moneys, in an amount not to exceed one-third of the inmate's total income, as may be required to pay any penalty assessment, restitution or fine ordered as part of any sentence.  Amended by L. 1985, c. 251, s. 4, eff. July 31, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-27 - Payment of wages of prisoner to dependents

30:8-27. Payment of wages of prisoner to dependents  When it shall appear that a prisoner has a wife or dependent children or others legally dependent on him for support, the board of chosen freeholders may, in each case, pay to such dependents or to the society or institution having their care and custody all or any portion of the wages earned by the prisoner under sections 30:8-25 and 30:8-26 of this title. The board may first deduct any court costs charged against the prisoner and disburse the remainder to the several dependents under such rules and regulations as it may adopt and may designate an officer or employee of the county as its disbursing agent who in delivering such earnings to dependents may avail himself of the services of the county probation officer, overseer of the poor or any private charitable society or society for the prevention of cruelty to children.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-28.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-28.4 - Compensation in cash or remission of time from sentence or both

30:8-28.4. Compensation in cash or remission of time from sentence or both  a. The inmates of all county penal institutions established and maintained pursuant to chapter 8 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes who may be employed in such productive occupations as are consistent with their health, strength and mental capacity shall receive compensation in such employment as the governing body of the county may establish. Compensation for inmates may be in the form of cash or remission of time from sentence or both. Remission from time of sentence shall be in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Corrections, but shall not exceed 1 day for each 5 days of productive occupation. Remission granted under this act shall in no way affect deductions for good behavior as provided by law. b. The Department of Corrections shall promulgate and enforce rules and regulations for the operation of this act in accordance with the provisions hereof. c. All county inmates classified as minimum security prisoners who are determined to be sufficiently trustworthy by the warden to be employed in honor camps, farm details, or details of work at public buildings or property, shall receive additional remission of time from sentence at the rate of 3 days per month for each month of such labors. L.1981, c. 140, s. 1, eff. May 4, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-29 - Additions to county workhouses; authority of chosen freeholders to establish

30:8-29. Additions to county workhouses; authority of chosen freeholders to establish  The board of chosen freeholders of every county in this state may establish, build or purchase a workhouse at such place in the county as such board shall think fit, or may build additions thereto as such board may deem necessary.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-30 - Conversion of part of jail into workhouse

30:8-30. Conversion of part of jail into workhouse  The board of chosen freeholders of any such county may convert so much of the common jail of the county as they deem proper into a workhouse, reserving sufficient room for the uses and purposes of the public jail.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-31 - Workhouse as part of jail taken over by chosen freeholders; work of prisoners in

30:8-31. Workhouse as part of jail taken over by chosen freeholders; work of prisoners in  In every county where the board of chosen freeholders shall appoint a keeper or warden as provided by sections 30:8-19 and 30:8-20 of this title, such keeper or warden shall be the master of the workhouse in such county, if there be one, and such workhouse, or so much of it as shall be so declared by such board, shall be part of the common jail of such county. Such keeper or warden shall put and keep at such work as they are able to perform, at such place or places in the county as may be designated by such board, all persons who may be by law required to work during their continuance in his custody.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-32 - Management of workhouse; master and employees; rules and regulations

30:8-32. Management of workhouse; master and employees; rules and regulations  A county workhouse shall be under the direction, superintendence and government of the board of chosen freeholders who may appoint a workhouse master and such other employees as may be necessary and make such regulations, ordinances and by-laws, not contrary to the constitution or laws of this state, for the government of the workhouse and the confinement and labor of the inmates as they shall from time to time deem necessary or convenient.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-33 - Prisoners who may be sent to workhouse; hard labor

30:8-33. Prisoners who may be sent to workhouse; hard labor  In each county having a workhouse every person sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for not more than six months shall be delivered by the sheriff or other proper officer of the county in which the conviction was had to the master of the workhouse, together with a copy of the sentence of the court, certified under the hand and seal of the clerk of the court or if there be no clerk, then under the hand and seal of the magistrate or judge imposing the sentence, and shall be there received and safely kept to hard labor, agreeably to such sentence, by the master of the workhouse for the term of his sentence and for such further time as the costs of prosecution and fine, if any, shall remain unpaid, unless the prisoner be sooner discharged in due course of law. This section shall not apply to an offender whose sentence shall be imprisonment or the payment of a fine, or imprisonment and the payment of a fine, without the addition of hard labor in either case. Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 536, s. 54.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-34 - Cost of keeping prisoners and expense of materials for their labor

30:8-34. Cost of keeping prisoners and expense of materials for their labor  All disorderly persons and others ordered by law to be sent to a county workhouse shall be kept therein at the charge and expense of the county unless otherwise directed by law. The board of chosen freeholders is authorized at its expense to procure suitable articles, things and materials for their labor, work and employment.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-37 - Records to be kept by workhouse master; proceeds of labor

30:8-37. Records to be kept by workhouse master; proceeds of labor  The master of every workhouse shall keep an exact account of the time of the commitment and discharge of prisoners, their maintenance, the articles and materials provided for them to work, and the earnings and proceeds of their labor, and report the same to the board of chosen freeholders at its annual meeting and at other times when required. He shall pay over to the county treasurer the amount of such earnings and proceeds at the time of exhibiting his accounts, which moneys shall be appropriated to the uses of the county.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-38 - Penalty for neglect of duty by workhouse master

30:8-38. Penalty for neglect of duty by workhouse master  If the master of the workhouse fails properly to account and pay over the proceeds of labor as required by section 30:8-37 of this title or fails to perform any duty required by law he shall for each offense forfeit fifty dollars to be recovered with costs in an action at law in the name and for the uses of the county.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-39 - Joint workhouses

30:8-39. Joint workhouses  The boards of chosen freeholders of two or more counties may unite in establishing or acquiring and maintaining and operating a workhouse in common at such place as they shall agree, which shall be under their joint direction, superintendence and government and the cost and expense of which shall be apportioned by agreement. Commitments to such joint workhouse from a county uniting to establish or maintain the same shall be of full force and effect notwithstanding the workhouse may be without the county. The master of any such workhouse shall do the like services and duties and be under the like regulations and penalties as the masters of other workhouses.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:8-40 - Employment of workhouse and penitentiary prisoners

30:8-40. Employment of workhouse and penitentiary prisoners  The board of chosen freeholders of any county may cause to be employed within the county, prisoners in any county workhouse or penitentiary under sentence, or committed for nonpayment of fine and costs or committed in default of bond for nonsupport of family, and the product of their labor may be disposed of to the county or to any public institution of the county. Nothing herein contained shall permit the employment of prisoners to take the place of free labor locked out or on strike, nor shall any prison labor be employed on any public improvement when free labor sufficient to carry on the work makes application for employment thereon.