The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Bonafiglia for 45 days in 2024. On March 5, 2024, Bonafiglia was working the Lobby Local Control Point post at South Woods State Prison and left it unmanned, causing a security breach by leaving the lobby sally port door and the control point entrance open at the same time. He told investigators he needed to use the bathroom. Bonafiglia signed a settlement agreement on October 28, 2024.
idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks that could result in danger to persons or property. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule
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Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
An investigation revealed that on March 5, 2024 Officer Bonafiglia was working the Lobby Local Control Point post which allows entrance into the secure perimeter of South Woods State Prison. Officer Bonafiglia left his post unmanned and caused a security breach by leaving the front door to the lobby sally ports and the entrance to the lobby local control point (which controls the sally ports) open simultaneously. During questioning, Officer Bonafiglia stated he needed to use the bathroom. These actions are violative of South Woods State Prison Internal Procedures and were neglectful of Officer Bonafiglia's duties as a law enforcement officer. Officer Bonafiglia signed a settlement agreement on this matter on October 28, 2024.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael Bonafiglia's major discipline record?
The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Bonafiglia for 45 days in 2024. On March 5, 2024, Bonafiglia was working the Lobby Local Control Point post at South Woods State Prison and left it unmanned, causing a security breach by leaving the lobby sally port door and the control point entrance open at the same time. He told investigators he needed to use the bathroom. Bonafiglia signed a settlement agreement on October 28, 2024.
What is Michael Bonafiglia's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Michael Bonafiglia 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.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Michael Bonafiglia 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 Michael Bonafiglia individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1329. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩