(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance,
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
New Jersey State Prison Senior Correctional Police Officer Ryan Powell called out sick on several dates in June and July 2025 without sufficient leave time and was placed on no-pay status for those dates, which the Department of Corrections deemed chronic and excessive absenteeism. Powell signed a settlement agreement for a 15-day suspension on September 16, 2025.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 6/28/25, 6/29/25, 7/5/25, 7/6/25, 7/12/25, 7/13/25 and 7/22/25, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Officer (SCPO) Ryan Powell called out sick. He did not have sufficient leave time. Therefore, he was placed on a “no pay” status for those dates. This action is deemed to be chronic and . On 9/16/25, SCPO Powell signed a settlement agreement for a 15-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 716. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213862, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩