On 2/16/17, Senior Correctional Police Officer Courtlen Flax of South Woods State Prison punched an incarcerated person in the face with a closed fist, causing a perforated eardrum and blurred vision, and he was charged with aggravated assault on 4/24/17. On 7/24/25, the Police Training Commission suspended Flax's law enforcement license. A Final Notice of Disciplinary Action was issued, and Flax's employment with the Department of Corrections was terminated on 9/3/25.
(a) General Causes (3) (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17
as amended 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
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 4/24/17, South Woods State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Courtlen Flax was charged with Aggravated Assault 2C12-1B (1) after an investigation determined that on 2/16/17 SCPO Flax punched an incarcerated person in the face with a closed fist, causing the individual to suffer a perforated eardrum and blurred vision. On 7/24/25, the Police Training Commission suspended SCPO Flax's law enforcement license. A Final Notice of Disciplinary Action was issued, and SCPO Flax’s employment with the New Jersey Department of Corrections was terminated on 9/3/25
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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.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Courtlen Flax's major discipline record?
On 2/16/17, Senior Correctional Police Officer Courtlen Flax of South Woods State Prison punched an incarcerated person in the face with a closed fist, causing a perforated eardrum and blurred vision, and he was charged with aggravated assault on 4/24/17. On 7/24/25, the Police Training Commission suspended Flax's law enforcement license. A Final Notice of Disciplinary Action was issued, and Flax's employment with the Department of Corrections was terminated on 9/3/25.
What is Courtlen Flax's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Courtlen Flax 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.
Does Courtlen Flax's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Courtlen Flax's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Courtlen Flax 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 Courtlen Flax individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 619. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩