Essex County and its jail medical contractor, CFG Health Systems, have agreed to pay $8 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Jayshawn Boyd. Boyd was beaten into a coma by ...

A grand jury declined to indict correctional officers in the December 2021 death of Dan Gelin following an altercation with another inmate while housed in Essex County Jail. The panel returned its ...

A lawsuit over the 2021 killing of an inmate in the Essex County jail is back on track after a grand jury recently declined to indict corrections officers in the detainee's death. The family of Dan ...

A state grand jury has voted not to file charges against corrections officers in the case of an inmate who died a day after he was stabbed in his jail cell. The attack happened at Essex County ...

The former Pittsburgh Steelers star will return to Miami from a New Jersey jail after deciding not to contest his extradition to Florida on an attempted murder charge, officials said Friday.