Newark, New Jersey

Essex County Correctional Facility

United States

Status

In use

2023

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Essex Corrections Department (Government-local)

Detains: Adult men, Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

Capacity Deaths at facility Conditions complaints?
800
Yes

14 June 2016

YES

2019

United States

182,869

Migration Detainees

15,381

Detained Unaccompanied Children

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FACILITY NAMES
Essex County Correctional Facility
Location

Country: United States

City & Region: Newark, New Jersey, Americas

Latitude, Longitude: 40.721333, -74.127248

Contact Information
354 Doremus Ave Newark,
NJ 07105 United States
Tel: +1 973-274-7500

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2021

Status In use

2020

Status In use

2019

Status In use

2018

Status In use

2017

Status In use

2016

Status In use

2015

Status In use

2013
Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2012
National typology

Name Inter-Governmental Service Agreement

2023

Name Intergovernmental Service Agreement (IGSA)

2013
Management

Name Essex Corrections Department

Type Government-local

2017
Facility owner

State or Privately Owned Government

Name of Owner County

2017
Area of Operations

Area of Authority of Operations Newark Field Office

2023

Area of Authority of Operations Newark Region (NEW)

2013
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2011

2018

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2017
Categories of detainees

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2017

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 800

2018
Facility Average Daily Population (year)

Number 679

2017

Number 640

2017

Number 533

2013

Number 254

2009

Number 42

2008
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 2914

2012

Number 2644

2011

Number 3

2010

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2023

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2009

Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2007
Inadequate conditions

Hygiene

2019

Freedom of movement within facility

2019

Outdoor exercise

2019

Food provision

2019

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2017

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
14 June 2016
N.A.
24 December 2015
Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
24 December 2015

MONITORING & ACCESS

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