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Hudson County Corrections

Reported as: Hudson Co CorrectionsCorrections

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Hudson County on the New Jersey Civil Service Commission roster.

Read how the process works or the Title 4A glossary. Browse NJCSNavigator’s civil service jurisdiction directory for the full local-jurisdiction roster.

Reflects the NJCSC Appendix A roster as of 2026-07-04. Context only, not legal advice.

In brief

Hudson County Corrections, a corrections agency, reported 96 internal affairs investigations in 2025 and 78 officers named in those cases, down from 121 investigations in 2024. Its rate of 123.1 per 100 officers matched the Hudson County median of 123.1 and came in under the 125 median for corrections agencies. Where an agency lands on that scale is ambiguous: a higher rate can mean more misconduct or a fuller internal record. Of the 96 investigations detailed for 2025, 23 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation led with 32 cases, followed by Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency with 18 and Demeanor with 15.

Thirty-eight major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025, including 5 terminations. Hudson County Corrections received a D on the report card, at the 64th percentile among 15 peers among all corrections agencies, a high-confidence grade.

Written by this site strictly from the figures on this page; every number is cited below.

Officers named in IA cases, 2025

78[1]

Distinct officers in that year's IA investigations, not total staffing

IA investigations, 2025

96[1]

Incidents, 2025

90[1]

Major discipline records

38

All years, 2020-2025

Staffing

Staffing data not available. The FBI's national staffing census (LEE) does not separately track county corrections facilities, sheriff's offices, or other county agencies in New Jersey -- only a single statewide Department of Corrections figure exists in that data. See the methodology for what FBI staffing data does and does not cover.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

No 1033 transfers recorded. No surplus-equipment transfers appear for this agency under a high-confidence name match in the Defense Logistics Agency's file as of 2026-06-30. That can mean the agency received nothing through the program, or that a recipient name in the federal file did not confidently match this department. See the methodology for how the match is made, or the statewide 1033 overview for how the program spreads across New Jersey.

Internal affairs investigations by year

counts

Internal affairs investigations reported by Hudson County Corrections, by year
Categorycounts
202156
202259
202366
2024121
202596

Incidents

90 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Hudson County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
202155
202255
202364
2024118
202590

Officers on IA rows

92 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Hudson County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
2024121
202592
Analysis

Computed by this site from the two figures the agency reports each year. Not a misconduct rate: it describes how an agency resolved what it investigated.

share of total · 5 reported years

Share of internal affairs investigations sustained by Hudson County Corrections, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
202210.169
202319.697
202417.355
202523.958

Statewide, 19.5 percent of investigations reported a sustained complaint in 2025. How dispositions break down statewide.

Complaint mix, 2025

Most serious allegation per investigation, as categorized by the reporting agency. Officer-level rows list 92 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Hudson County Corrections, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation32
Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency18
Demeanor15
Neglect of Duty9
Attendance Issues5
Domestic violence (Non-Criminal)4
Differential Treatment3
Other Criminal Violation2
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency · Demeanor · Neglect of Duty · Attendance Issues · Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) · Differential Treatment · Other Criminal Violation

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Hudson County Corrections, 2025
not provided34
Sustained24
Not Sustained18
Unfounded10
Exonerated8
Administratively Closed2

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

AnalysisRanked and folded by this site. The counts inside each panel are as reported.

Excessive Force

67 of 398

Excessive Force allegations reported by Hudson County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
20216
202211
202324
202425
20251

Other Departmental Rule Violation

66 of 398

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Hudson County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
202121
20226
20233
20244
202532

Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency

52 of 398

Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency allegations reported by Hudson County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20228
202310
202416
202518

Demeanor

47 of 398

Demeanor allegations reported by Hudson County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
20217
20226
20232
202417
202515

Other (19 categories)

166 of 398

Other (19 categories) allegations reported by Hudson County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
202122
202228
202327
202459
202530

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Hudson County Corrections123.1
County median, corrections (1)123.1
NJ median, corrections (13)125.0

Investigations per 100 officers named in that year's IA investigations (the Attorney General's own "Number of Officers" field, a distinct-officer count drawn from the IA case data itself, not a department headcount). A higher number is ambiguous on its own: it can reflect more misconduct, or a stronger internal reporting culture. Medians are computed within the same agency type only.

Report card

Grade D: Second-highest fifth

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing
64th percentile of 15 peers
Confidence
High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Hudson County Corrections's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.

Peer group: Corrections, all corrections agencies (n=14)

Discipline severity: Corrections, all corrections agencies
RangeAgencies
0–100013
1000–20000
2000–30001

Hudson County Corrections: 129.969 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 46th percentile among Corrections, all corrections agencies (n=14).

How the grade is built

Three components, each a percentile within the peer group. The combined standing is their weighted mean, re-ranked among peers; the grade is the fifth of the peer group it lands in.

IA volumeweight 40%

46th percentileof 15 peers

121.7 investigations per 100 officers (multi-year mean)

Internal affairs investigations per 100 reported officers, averaged over the years where the agency reported both figures.

Discipline severityweight 40%

46th percentileof 15 peers

130.0 severity-weighted discipline per 100 officers, 2020-2025

Major discipline records weighted by sanction (termination 4, demotion 3, suspension 2, other 1) per 100 officers.

Allegation severityweight 20%

75th percentileof 15 peers

2.51 mean severity tier (1 low - 4 critical)

Mean severity tier of IA allegations across 2021-2025, using the published tier map; unknown values excluded.

What this grade can and can't tell you

  • The underlying data is self-reported by agencies, one yearly snapshot at a time.
  • Allegations are not findings; many complaints end unfounded, exonerated, or not sustained.
  • There is no arrest or call-volume denominator in this data, so nothing here is a per-capita misconduct rate. A genuinely independent staffing-based rate, sourced from the FBI rather than this grade's own data, appears above when available. It is a different measurement, not a more accurate version of the grade.
  • A higher internal affairs volume is ambiguous: it can indicate more misconduct, or a more robust oversight and reporting culture. The grade weighs it anyway, because volume is what the record offers; that choice is published, not hidden.
  • The grade is one lens. The records it reads are on this page above.

Where this agency ranks

AnalysisRankings compare agencies of the same type only, on figures as reported. A high rank is reported volume, not a verdict.[15] How each metric is defined.
This agency's rank on each metric, among agencies of the same type
MetricValueRank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025123.18th of 13 corrections
IA investigations2025964th of 13 corrections
IA incidents2025904th of 13 corrections
Major discipline2020-2025387th of 14 corrections
Terminations2020-202556th of 12 corrections

Major discipline records

14 major discipline records in 2025, up from 4 in 2020 (+250%).
Yearmajor discipline records
20204
20216
20223
202311
20240
202514

14 major discipline records in 2025, up from 4 in 2020 (+250%).

Major discipline records reported by Hudson County Corrections, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2025Frank CapoanoCounty Corrections Police OfficerSuspended 65 days[16]
2025Frank CapoanoCounty Corrections Police OfficerSuspended 30 days[17]
2025Camila CeliCounty Corrections Police OfficerSuspended 30 days[18]
2025Naadiya EdwardsCounty Corrections Police OfficerSeparated while IA pending[19]
2025Mario FernandezCounty Corrections Police SergeantSuspended 7 days[20]
2025Shawn KellyCounty Corrections Police OfficerSuspended 20 days[21]
2025Timothy LightfootCounty Corrections Police OfficerSuspended 11 days[22]
2025Delroy LyonsCounty Correctins Police OfficerSuspended 60 days[23]
2025Richard MercierCounty Corrections Police OfficerSuspended 180 days[24]
2025Antonio SantosCounty Corrections Police OfficerSeparated while IA pending[25]
2025Antonio SantosCounty Corrections Police OfficerSeparated while IA pending[26]
2025Hairo SolisCounty Corrections Police OfficerSuspended 10 days[27]
2025Salvatore SpillettiCounty Corrections Police OfficerSuspended 45 days[28]
2025Joseph WermanCounty Corrections Police OfficerSuspended 35 days[29]
2023Ely BrownOfficerTerminated[30]
2023Dario MedinaOfficerSuspended 20 days[31]
2023Lakia GailliardOfficerSuspended 45 days[32]
2023Juste PierreOfficerSuspended 45 days[33]
2023James PaganoOfficerSuspended 20 days[34]
2023Frank MadridOfficerTerminated[35]
2023Jahnelly EckkhardtOfficerSuspended 20 days[36]
2023Timothy O'ConnerSergeantSuspended 35 days[37]
2023Jasmir FloydOfficerTerminated[38]
2023Ryan SzperSergeantOther sanction[39]
2023Estefani CiriacoOfficerSuspended 90 days[40]
2022Salvatore SpillettiOfficerSuspended 15 days[41]
2022Carlos MedinaOfficerSuspended 60 days[42]
2022Makhosini DhlaminiOfficerSuspended 180 days[43]
2021Helen FordLieutenantSuspended 25 days[44]
2021Helen FordLieutenantSuspended 10 days[45]
2021Keith MartinezCorrections OfficerSuspended 90 days[46]
2021Jayreen Ramirez-SimsCorrections OfficerSuspended 45 days[47]
2021Samuel FelixCorrections OfficerTerminated[48]
2021Latera GriffinCorrections OfficerTerminated[49]
2020Stephen GillSergeantSuspended 5 days[50]
2020Niove RamirezCorrections OfficerSuspended 10 days[51]
2020Aida OrtizCorrections OfficerSuspended 133 days[52]
2020La-Toya HobsonSergeantSuspended 10 days[53]

Every name links to the officer's record page with the agency's full synopsis and citation.

Public records requests

No records-request history is shown for this department. OPRAmachine, an independent site that files and publishes Open Public Records Act requests, has no public body that confidently matches this department, so this site does not assert one. That does not mean nobody has requested records from it. (Checked against a snapshot of OPRAmachine taken 12 July 2026.) See the methodology for how the match is made.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Hudson County Corrections's internal affairs and discipline record?

Hudson County Corrections, a corrections agency, reported 96 internal affairs investigations in 2025 and 78 officers named in those cases, down from 121 investigations in 2024. Its rate of 123.1 per 100 officers matched the Hudson County median of 123.1 and came in under the 125 median for corrections agencies. Where an agency lands on that scale is ambiguous: a higher rate can mean more misconduct or a fuller internal record. Of the 96 investigations detailed for 2025, 23 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation led with 32 cases, followed by Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency with 18 and Demeanor with 15. Thirty-eight major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025, including 5 terminations. Hudson County Corrections received a D on the report card, at the 64th percentile among 15 peers among all corrections agencies, a high-confidence grade.

How many internal affairs investigations did Hudson County Corrections report in 2025?

Hudson County Corrections reported 96 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 78 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Hudson County Corrections have?

Hudson County Corrections has 38 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 5 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

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