A COVID-19 outbreak has hit the New Jersey State Prison (NJSP), prompting a facility-wide, 10-day halt of most movement in[…]

NJSP RETURNING TO NORMALCY
After a two and a half years of hiatus on March 16, 2022, the covid-19 emergency restrictions were eased in New Jersey State Prison (NJSP). Religious services, school, and other vocational educational programs also return in full force with minimal restrictions of wearing a mask and keeping to social distancing. Seemingly, things have started to return to some..

COVID-19: PERSPECTIVE THROUGH A CAPTIVE’S LENS
Corona Virus is every where and on everyone’s mind. TV, cable, internet, radio, bulletin and advertising boards, it doesn’t matter,[…]

COVID-19 IN NJSP – A YEAR IN REVIEW
The year 2020 started with a whisper of something going awry in the Far East. Yet, looking back all of[…]

GETTING VACCINATED
On March 2, 2021, a month after my first dose on January 29, 2021, I received my second and final[…]

AMAZING GRACE
“I just want you to know that Jerry died today,” New Jersey State Prison (NJSP) Catholic Staff Chaplain called me[…]

DISPATCH FROM NJSP : FAITH BEHIND BARS
Over six months after New Jersey State Prison shut down all programming to combat the spread of COVID-19, contributing writer[…]

DENIED A Q&A ABOUT NJ’s COVID-19 FURLOUGH PROGRAM
Soon after the COVID-19 outbreak started on April 10, New Jersey Governor Bill Murphy announced Executive Order #24 (EO24), temporarily[…]