On 5/17/25, while working in 4 Wing at Northern State Prison, Senior Correctional Police Officer Aljenis Ortiz entered a tier of a Close Custody Unit without activating her body worn camera, the Dept Of Corrections reported. Ortiz was also observed passing a JPAY tablet from one cell to another where it was not authorized, and an investigation found she failed to log herself into the logbook. She signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension on 8/23/25.
(a) General Causes (1) , or failure to perform duties (6) a public employee
Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 5/17/25, while working in 4 Wing, Northern State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Aljenis Ortiz was observed on video entering a tier of a Close Custody Unit while failing to activate her Body Worn Camera. SCPO Ortiz was also observed passing a JPAY tablet from one cell to another in the RHU where the tablet was not authorized to be in. An investigation revealed that SCPO Ortiz failed to log herself into the logbook as required. SCPO Ortiz signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension on 8/23/25.
Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4a:2-2.3(a) General Causes (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (7)…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Other officers at Department Of Corrections
433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Aljenis Ortiz, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/aljenis-ortiz-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Aljenis Ortiz's major discipline record?
On 5/17/25, while working in 4 Wing at Northern State Prison, Senior Correctional Police Officer Aljenis Ortiz entered a tier of a Close Custody Unit without activating her body worn camera, the Dept Of Corrections reported. Ortiz was also observed passing a JPAY tablet from one cell to another where it was not authorized, and an investigation found she failed to log herself into the logbook. She signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension on 8/23/25.
What is Aljenis Ortiz's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Aljenis Ortiz has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Aljenis Ortiz's base salary on record?
Aljenis Ortiz's reported base salary is $77,227, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Aljenis Ortiz has 3 years, 5 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Aljenis Ortiz worked for?
Department Of Corrections reported 4,741 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Aljenis Ortiz individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 700. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213387, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8641. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩