Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 90 days- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a) General Causes (1) or failure to perform duties (7) HRB 84-17, as amended A11- Leaving assigned work area without permission creating a danger to persons or property. B2- , loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which could result in danger to persons or property. B8- Serious mistake due to carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. B9- Incompetence or . C11- an employee. D1- Negligence in performing duty resulting in injury to persons or damage to property. D7- Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security.
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Senior Correctional Police Officer Iban Pasha left his New Jersey State Prison post unattended on November 12, 2023, from 8:00 am to 10:20 am and 11:15 am to 1:26 pm, the Department of Corrections reported. His absence left his partner without assistance and contributed to an incident in which one incarcerated person splashed another with a substance, causing burns to the arms, face and body. Pasha also failed to report the harm. He signed a settlement agreement for a 90-day suspension.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 11/12/23, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Iban Pasha left his post unattended for excessive periods of time. The time periods he abandoned his post were from 8:00 am to 10:20 am and 11:15 am to 1:26pm. SCPO Pasha's absence left his partner without assistance and contributed to an incident where an incarcerated person was splashed by another incarcerated person with an unknown substance. The splashing caused serious burns to the incarcerated person's arms, face and body. The incarcerated person's injuries were not reported and he did not receive medical attention until 11/13/23. In addition to abandoning his post, SCPO Pasha failed to report serious bodily harm to an incarcerated person, opened a main gate, allowed an incarcerated person to feed others mess without supervision and was not present for a count. SCPO Pasha signed a settlement agreement for a 90-day suspension on 1/16/25.