Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Geraldlynn Black

Department Of Corrections · 2 records · 2024, 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 10 days

Rank as reported: Senior Correctional Police Officer
Sustained charge(s): (a)General Causes (4) Attendance (12) HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance,
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Senior Correctional Police Officer Geraldlynn Black called out sick on several dates in late June and July 2025 at South Woods State Prison without sufficient leave time and was placed in no-pay status. The Department of Corrections deemed this chronic and excessive absenteeism. Black signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension on 9/25/25.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 6/27/25, 7/1/25, 7/8/25, 7/11/25, 7/13/25, 7/14/25, 7/15/25, and 7/18/25, South Woods State Prison's Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Geraldynn Black called out sick. She did not have sufficient leave time. Therefore, she was placed in no-pay status for those dates. This action is deemed to be chronic and . On 9/25/25, SCPO Black signed a settlement agreement for 10-day suspension.

Major discipline · 2024^[2]

Suspended 15 days

Rank as reported: Senior Correctional Police Officer
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) General causes. 4. or lateness. N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . A1:Unsatisfactory attendance.
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Geraldlynn Black for 15 days in 2024. Black was scheduled to work first shift on June 18, July 5 and July 6, 2024, but called out on each date with a zero sick leave balance and was placed in a no-pay status. The department recorded the absences as chronic or excessive absenteeism. Black signed a settlement agreement on October 11, 2024.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On June 18, 2024, July 5, 2024 and July 6, 2024, Officer Black was scheduled to work 1st shift. Officer Black called out on these dates but had a zero sick leave balance and therefore was put in a no pay status on these dates. This action is specified as excessive or chronic absenteeism. Officer Black signed a settlement agreement for this matter on October 11, 2024.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[3]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $89,668
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 7 years, 5 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 567. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1327. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 215713, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩