(a) General Causes (12) HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, 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
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On 9/23/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Justin Matthews refused to complete his mandatory overtime shift at New Jersey State Prison, the Dept Of Corrections reported. Matthews was ordered to complete 8 hours of mandatory overtime but did not complete his shift and did not supply medical documentation within the allotted time. He was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 10-day suspension.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 9/23/25, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Justin Matthews refused to complete his mandatory overtime shift. He was ordered to complete 8-hours of mandatory overtime but did not complete his shift. SCPO Matthews did not supply any medical documentation within the allotted time frame. SCPO Matthews was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 10-day suspension.
(a) General Causes (12) HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, 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
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On 7/16/25 and 7/22/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Justin Matthews refused to complete his mandatory overtime shift at New Jersey State Prison, the Dept Of Corrections reported. Matthews was ordered to complete 8 hours of mandatory overtime but did not complete his shift and did not supply medical documentation within the allotted time. He was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 10-day suspension.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 7/16/25 and 7/22/25, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Justin Matthews refused to complete his mandatory overtime shift. He was ordered to complete 8-hours of mandatory overtime but did not complete his shift. SCPO Matthews did not supply any medical documentation within the allotted time frame. SCPO Matthews was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 10-day suspension.
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 675. 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 676. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213779, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩