Senior Correctional Police Officer Jonathan Jorge was suspended for 10 days by the Dept Of Corrections and also received training, coaching or counseling. The discipline arose from Jorge's involvement in an escort of an inmate at Garden State Correctional Facility. A review determined that Jorge did not exhaust other reasonable means before using force and immediately applied wrist locks and pain compliance, without de-escalation techniques, clear instructions, or warnings to gain voluntary compliance. He continued to use pain compliance throughout the escort without reassessing the technique.
N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee E1: Violations of a rule
regulation
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order or administrative decision.
Other sanction
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Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
The Officer was disciplined for his involvement in an escort of an inmate at Garden State Correctional Facility and an allegation of inappropriate force being used during the initial stages of the escort of the inmate. An investigation and review determined that that the Officer did not exhaust all other reasonable means before resorting to force, specifically, when he immediately applied wrist locks and pain compliance on the inmate. There were no de-escalation techniques, clear instructions, or warnings used to gain voluntary compliance before the use of physical force and the inmate was not given a reasonable opportunity to comply during the initial stages of the escort. The officer continued to use pain compliance throughout the escort without reassessing or determining if the compliance technique was achieving an appropriate level of control.
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee. N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other Sufficient Cause. C7: Fighting or creating a…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. A9: Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse. E1: Violations of a…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Jonathan Jorge, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/jonathan-jorge-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Jonathan Jorge's major discipline record?
Senior Correctional Police Officer Jonathan Jorge was suspended for 10 days by the Dept Of Corrections and also received training, coaching or counseling. The discipline arose from Jorge's involvement in an escort of an inmate at Garden State Correctional Facility. A review determined that Jorge did not exhaust other reasonable means before using force and immediately applied wrist locks and pain compliance, without de-escalation techniques, clear instructions, or warnings to gain voluntary compliance. He continued to use pain compliance throughout the escort without reassessing the technique.
What is Jonathan Jorge's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Jonathan Jorge has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Jonathan Jorge's base salary on record?
Jonathan Jorge's reported base salary is $96,710, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Jonathan Jorge has 9 years of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Jonathan Jorge 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 Jonathan Jorge individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1394. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 215422, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[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/. ↩