Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 30 days- Rank as reported
- County Corrections Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (x3)
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Hudson County Department of Corrections suspended County Corrections Police Officer Camila Celi for 30 days in 2025 on three counts of neglect of duty. The agency reported that Celi was away from her assigned work station when a fight happened between two inmates, and that she saw an inmate spit out medication but did not notify a supervisor or retrieve it. Celi opened a cell door from the control room panel for an inmate not assigned to that cell; nine other inmates then entered and assaulted the assigned inmate.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer was not at their assigned work station and a fight happened between two inmates. Officer observed an inmate spit out prescribed medication. She mouthed "Why did you spit out the medication?" to the inmate but did not notify a supervisor, discipline the inmate or retrieve the medication. Officer opened a cell door from the control room panel at the request of an inmate not assigned to that cell. This allowed nine other inmates to enter and assault the inmate assigned to that cell.