On 2/3/25, the Special Investigations Division met with the Newark Police Department, which had received information that an associate of Senior Correctional Police Officer Danella Jackson of Northern State Prison was selling firearms and that Jackson was introducing contraband into the prison. The investigation found that Jackson had contacted the associate despite stating she was not in communication, and that she stored a firearm in her residence improperly, without a trigger lock. Jackson was served a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action on 11/5/25 for a removal.
(a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17
as amended C8- Falsification: Intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work
employment application
attendance
or in any record
report
investigation or other proceeding. C11- an employee. D6c- Loss or careless control of firearms. 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 2/3/25, New Jersey Department of Correction’s (NJDOC) Special Investigations Division (SID) met with Newark Police Department regarding an active investigation. The Newark Police Department received confidential information that an associate of Northern State Prison’s (NSP) Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Danella Jackson was selling firearms and Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS) out of a storage facility located in Union, NJ. They also had information that SCPO Jackson was involved in the transportation of CDS and illegal firearms and was introducing contraband into the secured perimeter at NSP. The SID investigation revealed that SCPO Jackson had contacted her associate several times, despite her stating she was not in communication with them. SCPO Jackson was also fond not in control of a firearm within her residence, leaving it stored improperly, without the trigger lock activated. A Final Notice of Disciplinary Action was served on 11/5/25 for the Removal of SCPO Jackson.
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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 Danella Jackson's major discipline record?
On 2/3/25, the Special Investigations Division met with the Newark Police Department, which had received information that an associate of Senior Correctional Police Officer Danella Jackson of Northern State Prison was selling firearms and that Jackson was introducing contraband into the prison. The investigation found that Jackson had contacted the associate despite stating she was not in communication, and that she stored a firearm in her residence improperly, without a trigger lock. Jackson was served a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action on 11/5/25 for a removal.
What is Danella Jackson's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Danella Jackson 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 Danella Jackson's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Danella Jackson's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Danella Jackson 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 Danella Jackson individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 648. 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/. ↩