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Middlesex County Corrections

Reported as: Middlesex Co CorrectionsCorrections

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Middlesex 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

Middlesex County Corrections reported 42 internal affairs investigations in 2025 and 28 officers named in those cases. The rate of 150 per 100 officers matched the Middlesex County median of 150 and ran above the 125 median for corrections agencies. A higher rate than peers can reflect more misconduct or a stronger habit of documenting complaints. Four of the 42 investigations detailed for 2025 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Demeanor and Excessive Force behind it.

Across the 2020-2025 releases, 36 major discipline records appear, with records in every year from 2020 through 2025, including 17 terminations. Middlesex County Corrections received a D on the report card, at the 75th percentile among 15 peers in the group of 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

28[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

42[1]

Incidents, 2025

42[1]

Major discipline records

36

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 Middlesex County Corrections, by year
Categorycounts
202147
202251
202344
202454
202542

Incidents

42 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Middlesex County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
202147
202251
202344
202454
202542

Officers on IA rows

41 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Middlesex County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
202453
202541
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 Middlesex County Corrections, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
20225.882
202315.909
20243.704
20259.524

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 41 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Middlesex County Corrections, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation15
Demeanor12
Excessive Force10
DUI/DWI On duty1
Improper Search1
Use Of Force Policy Violation1
Drug Test Failure1
not provided1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Demeanor · Excessive Force · DUI/DWI On duty · Improper Search · Use Of Force Policy Violation · Drug Test Failure

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Middlesex County Corrections, 2025
Unfounded15
Exonerated11
Sustained7
Not Sustained6
Administratively Closed3

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Other Departmental Rule Violation

72 of 238

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Middlesex County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
202118
20229
20238
202422
202515

Demeanor

69 of 238

Demeanor allegations reported by Middlesex County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
202110
202219
202314
202414
202512

Excessive Force

57 of 238

Excessive Force allegations reported by Middlesex County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
202112
20228
202313
202414
202510

Other Criminal Violation

10 of 238

Other Criminal Violation allegations reported by Middlesex County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
20217
20223
20230
20240
20250

Other (13 categories)

30 of 238

Other (13 categories) allegations reported by Middlesex County Corrections, by year
Yearcounts
20210
202212
20239
20244
20255

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Middlesex County Corrections150.0
County median, corrections (1)150.0
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
75th percentile of 15 peers
Confidence
High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Middlesex 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

Middlesex County Corrections: 288.043 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 75th 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%

68th percentileof 15 peers

132.4 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%

75th percentileof 15 peers

288.0 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%

61st percentileof 15 peers

2.41 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 officers2025150.04th of 13 corrections
IA investigations2025425th of 13 corrections
IA incidents2025425th of 13 corrections
Major discipline2020-2025368th of 14 corrections
Terminations2020-2025173rd of 12 corrections

Major discipline records

5 major discipline records in 2025, up from 2 in 2020 (+150%).
Yearmajor discipline records
20202
20215
20227
20235
202412
20255

5 major discipline records in 2025, up from 2 in 2020 (+150%).

Major discipline records reported by Middlesex County Corrections, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2025Peguy CelissaintCorrectional Police OfficerTerminated[16]
2025Jose LedesmaCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended 30 days[17]
2025Jason LukacsCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended 35 days[18]
2025Jason LukacsCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended 30 days[19]
2025John NortesanoCorrectional Police LieutenantSuspended 10 days[20]
2024Denise CabreraCorectional Police OfficerSuspended 86 days[21]
2024Angela CernigliaCorectional Police OfficerSuspended 20 days[22]
2024Jamil ColesCorectional Police OfficerTerminated[23]
2024William FenningCorectional Police OfficerSuspended 30 days[24]
2024Joseph MooneyCorectional Police OfficerTerminated[25]
2024Andrew OrakCorectional Police OfficerTerminatedSeparated while IA pending[26]
2024Jaryn PerezCorectional Police OfficerTerminated[27]
2024Armando ProdosCorectional Police OfficerSuspended 19 days[28]
2024Dupreme RobinsonCorectional Police OfficerTerminated[29]
2024Raymond RodriguezCorectional Police OfficerSeparated while IA pending[30]
2024Justin DanielCorectional Police OfficerTerminated[31]
2024Denise CabreraCorectional Police OfficerSuspended 90 days[32]
2023Jason LukasCPOSuspended 6 days[33]
2023Raymond RodriguezCPOSuspended 10 days[34]
2023Thomas FayCPOTerminated[35]
2023Tyrell GreggCPOTerminated[36]
2023Silas CardozoCPOSeparated while IA pending[37]
2022Brendon HillCPOSuspended 10 days[38]
2022Brendon HillCPOSuspended 20 days[39]
2022Joseph MooneyCPOTerminated[40]
2022Jefferson GaleanoCPOTerminated[41]
2022Diana PassafiumeCPOTerminated[42]
2022Anthony BadawayCPOTerminated[43]
2022Anabelle RodriguezCPOTerminated[44]
2021Jason LukacsCorrections OfficerSuspended 19 days[45]
2021Ryan HenryCorrections OfficerTerminated[46]
2021Brendon HillCorrections OfficerSuspended 6 days[47]
2021Anthony VeraCorrections OfficerSuspended 10 days[48]
2021Joseph RosaCorrections OfficerSuspended 10 days[49]
2020Jose OrtizCorrections OfficerTerminated[50]
2020Patrick BonkowskiCorrections OfficerTerminated[51]

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 Middlesex County Corrections's internal affairs and discipline record?

Middlesex County Corrections reported 42 internal affairs investigations in 2025 and 28 officers named in those cases. The rate of 150 per 100 officers matched the Middlesex County median of 150 and ran above the 125 median for corrections agencies. A higher rate than peers can reflect more misconduct or a stronger habit of documenting complaints. Four of the 42 investigations detailed for 2025 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Demeanor and Excessive Force behind it. Across the 2020-2025 releases, 36 major discipline records appear, with records in every year from 2020 through 2025, including 17 terminations. Middlesex County Corrections received a D on the report card, at the 75th percentile among 15 peers in the group of all corrections agencies, a high-confidence grade.

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

Middlesex County Corrections reported 42 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 28 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Middlesex County Corrections have?

Middlesex County Corrections has 36 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 17 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

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