Suspended 30 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Hagwood has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision; 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 B2- Neglect of duty, loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which could result in danger to persons or property. 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. D7- Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1- Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
On 10/25/2024, 10/27/2024, 12/24/2024, and 5/24/2025, Senior Correctional Police Officer Joshua Hagwood of New Jersey State Prison refused to complete a mandatory overtime shift and called out sick without sufficient leave balances to cover the absences, which the Department of Corrections deemed chronic or excessive absenteeism. Hagwood also failed to submit the proper documentation within the allotted time frame. He signed a Last Chance settlement agreement for a 15-day suspension on 9/9/2025.
A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse E1 - Violation of a rule
regulation
policy
procedure
order or administrative decision
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 10/25/2024, 10/27/2024, 12/24/2024, 5/24/2025, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Joshua Hagwood refused to complete his mandatory shift and called out sick. SCPO Hagwood was ordered to complete a mandatory overtime shift and failed to complete that shift. SCPO Hagwood did not have sufficient leave balances to cover the days he called out sick. SCPO Hagwood failed to submit the proper documentation within the allotted time frame to excuse his absences. This was deemed . SCPO Hagwood signed a Last Chance settlement agreement for a 15-day suspension on 9/9/2025.
On 3/9/25, a physical altercation occurred between two incarcerated persons in a cell on the 7 UP housing unit of New Jersey State Prison. Senior Correctional Police Officer Joshua Hagwood reported to the tier but failed to activate his body worn camera and failed to use mechanical restraints when he secured the incarcerated persons. During the investigation, Hagwood provided inconsistent statements to the Special Investigations Division and his supervisors about what he had observed. He signed a settlement agreement for a 30-day suspension on 11/24/25.
(a) General Causes (6) a public employee (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. 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. 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
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 3/9/25, a physical altercation occurred between two incarcerated persons in a cell on the 7 UP housing unit of New Jersey State Prison. Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Joshua Hagwood reported to the tier but failed to activate his body worn camera. When he secured the incarcerated persons, he failed to use mechanical restraints. During the investigation into the physical altercation, SCPO Hagwood provided inconsistent statements to the Special Investigations Divisions and his supervisors. Specifically, when interviewed by SID, SCPO Hagwood stated that he reported to his supervisor that two incarcerated persons were in a cell together but he did not see any fighting. When his supervisors were interviewed by SID, they stated that they were told by SCPO Hagwood that the incarcerated persons may have grabbed one another through the cell door bars. SCPO Hagwood signed a settlement agreement for a 30-day suspension on 11/24/25.
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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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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Joshua Hagwood's major discipline record?
Hagwood has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision; 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 B2- Neglect of duty, loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which could result in danger to persons or property. 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. D7- Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1- Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
What is Joshua Hagwood's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Joshua Hagwood 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.
What is Joshua Hagwood's base salary on record?
Joshua Hagwood's reported base salary is $83,484, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Joshua Hagwood has 6 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Joshua Hagwood 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 Joshua Hagwood individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 635. 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 636. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213714, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[4]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/. ↩