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Jasmine Ellington

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2025

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer
Sustained charge(s)
(a) General Causes (7) (12) HRB 84-17, as amended 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 C11 - an employee 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

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

On 12/17/24, Senior Correctional Police Officer Jasmine Ellington of New Jersey State Prison was insubordinate toward a Correctional Police Sergeant and refused an order to return to her post, stating she was on break at a food truck and that her shift ended at 1:00 p.m. Ellington had turned in all her equipment before leaving for break at 12:30 p.m. and failed to gain authorization to leave the secure perimeter or make required notifications. She received a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action on 4/11/25 for a 10-day suspension.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 12/17/24, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Jasmine Ellington was insubordinate toward a Correctional Police Sergeant (CPS). She refused an order to return to her post when ordered to do so and instead stated that she was on a break at the wellness mobile food truck and that her shift ended at 1:00 p.m. Additionally, SCPO Ellington stated she went on break at 12:30 p.m. and her shift ended at 1:00 p.m.; however, SCPO Ellington turned in all her equipment prior to her leaving for her break at 12:30 p.m. She failed to gain the proper authorization to leave the secure perimeter and make the proper notifications that she was leaving. SCPO Ellington was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action on 4/11/25, for a 10-day suspension.

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
14 years, 2 months

How to read this

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Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 614. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213176, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.