On 11/16/24, Correctional Police Lieutenant Alvaro Castro responded to an emergency code at East Jersey State Prison where two incarcerated persons were fighting. At the infirmary, one of the incarcerated persons reported that the other had tried to rape him. Castro failed to report or document this Prison Rape Elimination Act allegation. He signed a settlement agreement on 2/5/25 for a 45-day suspension from the Department of Corrections.
(a) General Casues (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17
as amended B9 - Incompetence or C11 - an employee D7 - Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security E1 - Violation of a rule
regulation
policy
procedure
order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 11/16/24, Correctional Police Lieutenant (CPL) Alvaro Castro responded to an emergency code incident at East Jersey State Prison wherein two incarcerated persons were fighting. CPL Castro reported to the infirmary where one of the incarcerated persons reported that the other tried to rape him. CPL Castro failed to report or document this Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) allegation. CPL Castro signed a settlement agreement on 2/5/25 for a 45-day suspension.
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, "Alvaro Castro, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/alvaro-castro-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Alvaro Castro's major discipline record?
On 11/16/24, Correctional Police Lieutenant Alvaro Castro responded to an emergency code at East Jersey State Prison where two incarcerated persons were fighting. At the infirmary, one of the incarcerated persons reported that the other had tried to rape him. Castro failed to report or document this Prison Rape Elimination Act allegation. He signed a settlement agreement on 2/5/25 for a 45-day suspension from the Department of Corrections.
What is Alvaro Castro's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Alvaro Castro 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 Alvaro Castro's base salary on record?
Alvaro Castro's reported base salary is $144,836, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Alvaro Castro has 27 years, 4 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Alvaro Castro 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 Alvaro Castro individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 575. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214307, 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/. ↩