On February 11, February 19 and March 27, 2025, South Woods State Prison Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Thomas filled out partially completed shift release forms, the Department of Corrections reported. Thomas had three early releases within a six-month period, which violated department rules. He signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension on June 2, 2025.
On 2/11/25, 2/19/25 and 3/27/25, South Woods State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Michael Thomas filled out partially completed shift release forms. SCPO Thomas had three early releases within a six-month period which violated the New Jersey Department of Corrections rules and regulations. SCPO Thomas signed a settlement agreement for 10-day suspension on 6/2/25.
Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4a:2-2.3(a) General Causes (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (7)…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): 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…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): 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…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): 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…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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Police Transparency NJ, "Michael Thomas, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/michael-thomas-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael Thomas's major discipline record?
On February 11, February 19 and March 27, 2025, South Woods State Prison Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Thomas filled out partially completed shift release forms, the Department of Corrections reported. Thomas had three early releases within a six-month period, which violated department rules. He signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension on June 2, 2025.
What is Michael Thomas's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Michael Thomas has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Michael Thomas 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 Thomas individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 743. 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/. ↩