Major discipline · 2024[1]
Terminated- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . C11: an employee. 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)
Senior Correctional Police Officer Joshua Hand was terminated by the Dept Of Corrections. On February 27, 2024, Hand entered into a plea agreement with the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Hand pleaded guilty to willfully depriving a person of a right protected by the Constitution. Specifically, Hand failed to intervene when inmates at Bayside State Prison were subjected to cruel and unusual punishment resulting in bodily injury, in violation of 18 USC 242.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On February 27, 2024 Officer Hand entered into a plea agreement with the United States Attorney General for the District of New Jersey and the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. Officer Hand plead guilty to willfully depriving a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Specifically, the Officer failed to intervene when inmates at Bayside State Prison were subjected to cruel and unusual punishment resulting in bodily injury, in violation of 18 USC § 242.