The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Devonte Artis for 45 days in 2024. An internal affairs investigation found that Artis failed to notify Northern State Prison about his personal relationship with an incarcerated person housed in the restricted housing unit where he worked on five occasions, and that he worked as an escort in that unit 98 times while the person was there. Investigators found he made contradicting statements. Artis signed a settlement agreement on November 7, 2024.
(a)(6) a Public Employee. (a)(12) . C8: Falsification: Intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work
employment application
attendance
or in any record
report
investigation or other proceeding. D4:Improper or unauthorized contact with an inmate - undue familiarity with inmates
parolees
their families
or friends.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
An Internal Affairs Investigation determined that Officer Artis failed to notify Northern State Prison about his personal relationship to an Incarcerated Person who was housed in the Restricted Housing Unit that Officer Artis worked in on five different occasions. Additionally, Officer Artis worked in that housing unit as an escort 98 different times while the Incarcerated Person was housed there. During the investigation, Officer Artis made several contradicting statements in an attempt to mislead investigators. Officer Artis signed a settlement agreement on this matter on November 7, 2024.
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee. N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other Sufficient Cause. C7: Fighting or creating a…
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Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. A9: Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse. E1: Violations of a…
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Police Transparency NJ, "Devonte Artis, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/devonte-artis-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Devonte Artis's major discipline record?
The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Devonte Artis for 45 days in 2024. An internal affairs investigation found that Artis failed to notify Northern State Prison about his personal relationship with an incarcerated person housed in the restricted housing unit where he worked on five occasions, and that he worked as an escort in that unit 98 times while the person was there. Investigators found he made contradicting statements. Artis signed a settlement agreement on November 7, 2024.
What is Devonte Artis's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Devonte Artis has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Devonte Artis's base salary on record?
Devonte Artis's reported base salary is $85,089, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Devonte Artis has 5 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Devonte Artis 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 Devonte Artis individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1321. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213052, 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/. ↩