N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . B8: Serious mistake due to carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. C11: an employee. D4: improper or unauthorized contact with inmate - undue familiarity with inmates, parolees, their families or friends. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations 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)
The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Lasheta Montigue for 90 days in 2024. On June 27, 2024, during a meal break, an incarcerated person handed Montigue a personal letter addressed to her that asked her to link up with him and included his social media profile names and a request that she obtain a P.O. box and contact him under a fake name. Montigue was recorded reading the letter for about two minutes and, rather than report it to a supervisor, placed it in the officer podium drawer.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
An investigation revealed that on June 27, 2024, while conducting a meal break, XXXX handed Officer Montigue a personal letter addressed to her. The letter was addressed to 'M' and asked Officer Montigue to 'link up with him'. The letter also contained the Incarcerated Person's social media profile names and asked Officer Montigue to get a P.O. Box and reach out to him using a fake name. Officer Montigue was observed reading this letter on the institutional camera system for approximately two minutes. Instead of reporting this incident to a supervisor, Officer Montigue placed the letter in the Officer podium drawer. Officer Montigue failed to report the Incarcerated Person's attempt to get her to contact him and have a personal relationship with him.
N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . C4. Verbal abuse of an inmate, patient, client, resident or employee. C7: Fighting or creating a disturbance on state property. C11: an employee. C19: Discourtesy to public, visitors, inmates, residents or clients. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations 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)
In a separate 2024 matter, the Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Lasheta Montigue for 60 days. On December 5, 2023, body-worn camera footage showed that when an incarcerated person said he felt like knocking somebody out, Montigue replied, "Do it. Stop fucking talking, cause I'm like that." The person then went to the mezzanine and engaged in a physical altercation with another incarcerated person. An investigation found that Montigue made unprofessional comments and did not attempt to de-escalate. She signed a settlement agreement on February 1, 2024.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On December 5, 2023, the results of an investigation revealed that Officer Montigue failed to deescalate an incident between two Incarcerated Persons. Officer Montigue's body worn camera footage revealed an Incarcerated Person stating "I feel like knocking somebody out" to which Officer Montigue replied "Do it. Stop fucking talking, cause I'm like that" to the Incarcerated Person. The Incarcerated Person then proceeded to the mezzanine and engaged in a physical altercation with another Incarcerated Person. Officer Montigue made unprofessional comments towards an Incarcerated Person and did not make an attempt to deescalate a physical altercation between the two Incarcerated Persons. Officer Montigue signed a settlement agreement on this matter on February 1, 2024.
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 1359. 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 1360. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 216041, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩