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Habeebah Westry

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 10 days2025 · as reported

On 1/4/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Habeebah Westry used profanities and made demeaning statements toward another officer inside the Northern State Prison lobby while visitors, including children, were present. The Department of Corrections sustained charges of conduct unbecoming an employee and discourtesy. Westry signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension on 3/12/25.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • (a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17
  • as amended C11 - an employee C19 - Discourtesy to public
  • visitors
  • incarcerated persons
  • residents
  • or clients.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 1/4/25, Northern State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Habeebah Westry was reported to be loud, unprofessional, and inappropriate when interreacting with another SCPO. SCPO Westry used profanities, made demeaning statements, and antagonized the other SCPO inside the Northern State Prison lobby when visitors, including children, were present. SCPO Westry signed a settlement agreement on 3/12/25, for a 10-day suspension.

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  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

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  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

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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.

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$114,697
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
22 years, 7 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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Habeebah Westry's major discipline record?

On 1/4/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Habeebah Westry used profanities and made demeaning statements toward another officer inside the Northern State Prison lobby while visitors, including children, were present. The Department of Corrections sustained charges of conduct unbecoming an employee and discourtesy. Westry signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension on 3/12/25.

What is Habeebah Westry's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Habeebah Westry 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.

What is Habeebah Westry's base salary on record?

Habeebah Westry's reported base salary is $114,697, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Habeebah Westry has 22 years, 7 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Habeebah Westry 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 Habeebah Westry individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 759. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213539, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [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/. ↩