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Monmouth County Corrections

Reported as: Monmouth Co CorrectionsCorrections

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

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

Monmouth County Corrections reported 17 internal affairs investigations in 2025, a sharp drop from 49 in 2024, with 15 officers named in the 2025 cases. Its rate of 113.3 per 100 officers matched the Monmouth County median of 113.3 and fell under the 125 median for corrections agencies. A rate below the peer median can mean less misconduct or fewer complaints making it into the record. Four of the 17 investigations detailed for 2025 reported sustained complaints. Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency was the leading allegation category, followed by Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) and Neglect of Duty.

The 2020-2025 releases carry 47 major discipline records for Monmouth County Corrections, with records in every year from 2020 through 2025, including one termination. The agency received a B on the report card, at the 39th 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

15[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

17[1]

Incidents, 2025

17[1]

Major discipline records

47

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

402021572022562023492024172025
Internal affairs investigations reported by Monmouth County Corrections, by year
Internal affairs investigations reported by Monmouth County Corrections, by year
20212022202320242025
4057564917

Complaint mix, 2025

Most serious allegation per investigation, as categorized by the reporting agency. Officer-level rows list 17 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Monmouth County Corrections, 2025
Most serious allegations reported by Monmouth County Corrections, 2025
not provided5
Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency3
Domestic violence (Non-Criminal)2
Neglect of Duty2
Demeanor2
Other Criminal Violation1
Assault1
Insubordination/Disobeying An Order1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Monmouth County Corrections, 2025
Internal dispositions reported by Monmouth County Corrections, 2025
not provided7
Not Sustained4
Sustained4
Unfounded2

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
MONMOUTH COUNTY CORRECTIONS113.3COUNTY MEDIAN, CORRECTIONS (1)113.3NJ MEDIAN, CORRECTIONS (13)125.0
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Monmouth County Corrections113.3
County median, corrections (1)113.3
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 B: Second-lowest fifth

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing
39th percentile of 15 peers
Confidence
High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Monmouth 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)

130–10001000–200012000–3000

Monmouth County Corrections: 262.162 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 68th percentile among Corrections, all corrections agencies (n=14).

Monmouth County Corrections: 262.162 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers, the 68th percentile among 14 Corrections, all corrections agencies.
Discipline severity: Corrections, all corrections agencies
RangeAgencies
0–100013
1000–20000
2000–30001

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%

25th percentileof 15 peers

117.5 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%

68th percentileof 15 peers

262.2 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%

32nd percentileof 15 peers

1.94 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.

Major discipline records

5 major discipline records in 2025, down from 8 in 2020 (-38%).
Yearmajor discipline records
20208
20217
20223
202311
202413
20255

5 major discipline records in 2025, down from 8 in 2020 (-38%).

Major discipline records reported by Monmouth County Corrections, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2025William BeckensteinCounty Correctional Police OfficerDemotedSuspended 90 days[9]
2025Christiana JordanCounty Correctional Police OfficerSuspended 10 days[10]
2025John LewisCounty Correctional Police OfficerSuspended 90 days[11]
2025George PulizzanoCounty Correctional Police SergeantSuspended 6 days[12]
2025Brandy ValasaCounty Correctional Police OfficerSuspended 6 days[13]
2024Keila DiazCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended (days not reported)[14]
2024Louis DeDonnoCorrectional Police SergeantSuspended 20 days[15]
2024Jeanpierre CastilloCorrectional Police OfficerSeparated while IA pending[16]
2024Edward EspinosaCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended 10 days[17]
2024Brian FeirsteinCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended 6 days[18]
2024Brian JohnsonCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended 20 days[19]
2024Amos OsborneCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended 30 days[20]
2024Phillip PaoneCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended (days not reported)[21]
2024Michael ScaleseCorrectional Police SergeantSuspended 15 days[22]
2024Jonathan Scotto-DifregaCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended 20 days[23]
2024Jonathan Scotto-DifregaCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended (days not reported)[24]
2024Jonathan Scotto-DifregaCorrectional Police OfficerSuspended 30 days[25]
2024Michael StewartCorrectional Police OfficerSeparated while IA pending[26]
2023John DixonCPOSuspended 6 days[27]
2023Stephanie WelchCPOSuspended 10 days[28]
2023Samuel MarriottCPOSuspended 6 days[29]
2023Michael NiedbalaCPOSuspended 20 days[30]
2023Benjamin MarkusCPOSuspended 30 days[31]
2023John SchultzCPOSuspended 30 days[32]
2023Jose TiradoCPOSuspended 30 days[33]
2023David-John LeventhalCPOSeparated while IA pending[34]
2023Jeremy BerengerCPOSeparated while IA pending[35]
2023Latonya JohnsonCPOSuspended 191 daysSeparated while IA pending[36]
2023Benjamin MarkusCPOTerminated[37]
2022Bruce AllenCPOSuspended 10 days[38]
2022Frank CurrierCPOSuspended 30 days[39]
2022David-John LeventhalCPOSuspended 120 days[40]
2021Anthony LemoreCorrections OfficerSuspended 20 days[41]
2021Michael SimmsCorrections OfficerSuspended 30 days[42]
2021Brian FeirsteinCorrections OfficerSuspended 60 days[43]
2021Amos OsborneCorrections OfficerSuspended 90 days[44]
2021Jason SchallerCorrections OfficerSuspended 90 days[45]
2021Jeremy BerengerCorrections OfficerSuspended 120 days[46]
2021David-John LeventhalCorrections OfficerSuspended 180 days[47]
2020Douglas FacendoCorrections OfficerSuspended 10 days[48]
2020Stephanie WelchCorrections OfficerSuspended 10 days[49]
2020Amos OsborneCorrections OfficerSuspended 30 days[50]
2020Brian FeirsteinCorrections OfficerSuspended 30 days[51]
2020Warren KocurekCorrections OfficerSuspended 30 days[52]
2020Amanda AtkinsonCorrections OfficerSuspended 60 days[53]
2020Paul GaofolaCorrections OfficerSuspended 180 days[54]
2020Thomas RicchiutiCorrections OfficerSuspended 180 days[55]

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 Monmouth County Corrections's internal affairs and discipline record?

Monmouth County Corrections reported 17 internal affairs investigations in 2025, a sharp drop from 49 in 2024, with 15 officers named in the 2025 cases. Its rate of 113.3 per 100 officers matched the Monmouth County median of 113.3 and fell under the 125 median for corrections agencies. A rate below the peer median can mean less misconduct or fewer complaints making it into the record. Four of the 17 investigations detailed for 2025 reported sustained complaints. Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency was the leading allegation category, followed by Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) and Neglect of Duty. The 2020-2025 releases carry 47 major discipline records for Monmouth County Corrections, with records in every year from 2020 through 2025, including one termination. The agency received a B on the report card, at the 39th percentile among 15 peers in the group of all corrections agencies, a high-confidence grade.

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

Monmouth County Corrections reported 17 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 15 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Monmouth County Corrections have?

Monmouth County Corrections has 47 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 1 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

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