Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Wallace Benson was suspended for 6 days by the Burlington County Department of Corrections in 2022 on a sustained charge of neglect of duty. The agency reported that Benson neglected to ensure that inmates on the close custody unit were secured in their cells after they were instructed to step in. One of the inmates hid in the rear shower area and waited to attack another inmate.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer neglected to ensure that inmates on the close custody unit were secured in their cells after they were instructed to step in. One of the inmates hid in the rear shower area and waited to attack another inmate.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2075. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩