Suspended 30 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Munoz has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2025. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C.4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended C8 - Falsification: intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work, employment application, attendance or in any record, report, investigation or other proceeding C11 - Conduct Unbecoming an employee N.J.S.A 2C:28-3A - making a written false statement which one does not believe is true on or pursuant to a form bearing notice, authorized by law, to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable N.J.S.A. 2C:28-3B1 - making a written false statement which one does not believe to be true N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7A1 - tampering with public records or information; knowingly making a false entry in any record or document belonging to, received or kept by, the government for any record or required by law to be kept by others for information of the government N.J.S.A 2C:28-7A2 - makes, presents, offers for filing, or uses any record, document or thing knowing it to be false, and with the purpose that it be taken as a genuine part of information or records N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4A - falsifying or tampering with records; falsifying a written record knowing it contains a false statement, with purpose to deceive or injure anyone or to conceal any wrongdoing N.J.S.A. 2C:24-7.1A3 - knowingly engaging in conduct which creates a substantial risk of death to another person; N.J.A.C.4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended C11 - Conduct Unbecoming an employee C31 - Violation of the NJDOC Policy Prohibiting Discrimination in the workplace.
Senior Correctional Police Officer Joel Munoz was terminated, the Dept Of Corrections reported. An investigation began after an incarcerated person died on 12/5/23 at South Woods State Prison, and the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office issued a complaint and summons on 5/1/24. The investigation did not find Munoz responsible for the death but found his logbook entries were false. On at least three dates, Munoz was observed failing to take routine counts or tours while documenting that they were completed. He was issued a Final Notice for removal on 6/23/25.
(a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17, as amended C8 - Falsification: intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work, employment application, attendance or in any record, report, investigation or other proceeding C11 - an employee N.J.S.A 2C:28-3A - making a written false statement which one does not believe is true on or pursuant to a form bearing notice, authorized by law, to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable N.J.S.A. 2C:28-3B1 - making a written false statement which one does not believe to be true N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7A1 - tampering with public records or information
knowingly making a false entry in any record or document belonging to, received or kept by, the government for any record or required by law to be kept by others for information of the government N.J.S.A 2C:28-7A2 - makes, presents, offers for filing, or uses any record, document or thing knowing it to be false, and with the purpose that it be taken as a genuine part of information or records N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4A - falsifying or tampering with records
falsifying a written record knowing it contains a false statement, with purpose to deceive or injure anyone or to conceal any wrongdoing N.J.S.A. 2C:24-7.1A3 - knowingly engaging in conduct which creates a substantial risk of death to another person
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 5/1/24, the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office issued a complaint/summons to South Woods State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Joel Munoz. An investigation was initiated due to the decease of an incarcerated person on 12/5/23. The investigation did not reveal that SCPO Munoz was responsible for the death of the incarcerated person but, that the log book entries made by SCPO Munoz were false when compared to video footage. On at least three separate dates, SCPO Munoz was observed failing to take routine counts or tours/security checks, however, documenting in the logbook that they were completed. SCPO Munoz was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for his removal on 6/23/25.
Senior Correctional Police Officer Joel Munoz received a 30-day suspension, the Dept Of Corrections reported. On various dates between July 2022 and November 2023, Munoz violated the policy prohibiting discrimination in the workplace at South Woods State Prison through conduct that constituted sexual harassment. After a consensual friendship ended, Munoz sent another officer unwelcomed sexually charged text messages and made repeated calls and unannounced visits to that officer's home, and the officer stated he failed to respect her boundaries. He was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action on 6/23/25.
(a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17
as amended C11 - an employee C31 - Violation of the NJDOC Policy Prohibiting Discrimination in the workplace
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On various dates between July 2022 and November 2023, South Woods State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Joel Munoz violated the policy prohibiting discrimination in the workplace. Specifically, SCPO Munoz engaged in behavior that constituted as sexual harassment. When a consensual friendship ended, SCPO Munoz sent another SCPO unwelcomed sexually charged text messages. SCPO Munoz repeatedly sent text messages, made phone calls and made unannounced visits to the SCPO's home. The SCPO stated that the messages, gifts and visits were unwelcomed and SCPO Munoz failed to respect her boundaries. SCPO Munoz was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action on 6/23/25, for a 30-day suspension.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Joel Munoz's major discipline record?
Munoz has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2025. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C.4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended C8 - Falsification: intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work, employment application, attendance or in any record, report, investigation or other proceeding C11 - Conduct Unbecoming an employee N.J.S.A 2C:28-3A - making a written false statement which one does not believe is true on or pursuant to a form bearing notice, authorized by law, to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable N.J.S.A. 2C:28-3B1 - making a written false statement which one does not believe to be true N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7A1 - tampering with public records or information; knowingly making a false entry in any record or document belonging to, received or kept by, the government for any record or required by law to be kept by others for information of the government N.J.S.A 2C:28-7A2 - makes, presents, offers for filing, or uses any record, document or thing knowing it to be false, and with the purpose that it be taken as a genuine part of information or records N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4A - falsifying or tampering with records; falsifying a written record knowing it contains a false statement, with purpose to deceive or injure anyone or to conceal any wrongdoing N.J.S.A. 2C:24-7.1A3 - knowingly engaging in conduct which creates a substantial risk of death to another person; N.J.A.C.4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended C11 - Conduct Unbecoming an employee C31 - Violation of the NJDOC Policy Prohibiting Discrimination in the workplace.
What is Joel Munoz's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Joel Munoz has 2 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Joel Munoz's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Joel Munoz's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Joel Munoz 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 Joel Munoz individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 693. 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 694. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[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/. ↩