Page 51 - 2018 NJDOC Annual Report

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Department of Corrections • 2018 Year in Review
• • Open and maintain a a a a a a a a a savings account • • • Pay Pay 16 67 percent percent of of net net wages wages toward fines fees penalties and and restitution • • • Pay Pay Pay a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a maintenance fee fee to to the RCRP (30 percent percent of of net net wages) • • • Pay Pay Pay child child support support and and and child child support support arrears and and and • • Pay Pay all state and and federal taxes Office Office of of of County County Services Services – As required by state statutes the the Office Office of of of County County Services Services conducts annual inspections inspections of of of the the the 22 county county correctional facilities In addition to county county jail inspections inspections NJDOC is responsible for ensuring the the the biennial inspection inspection inspection of of of approximately 469 municipal detention facilities throughout the the the state The office also reviews and approves documents for the the construction renovation or or alteration of of those facilities to ensure compliance with New Jersey Administrative Code
(NJAC) requirements Responsibilities of of of the the Office of of of County Services include but are not limited to assessing the the operation of of of all county county work release programs reviewing and and responding to to to inquiries from state-sentenced inmates confined in in in in in fin in in in county county county correctional correctional facilities and and and delivering technical assistance to to to county county correctional correctional wardens/administrators and and and police chiefs concerning the the revision development and/or implementation of any policy procedure or or written protocol required by the the NJAC In 2018 237 municipal detention facilities were inspected Office Office Office of of of of Chaplaincy Chaplaincy Services Services Services – Located at at Central Office Office Office the the Office Office Office of of of of Chaplaincy Chaplaincy Services Services Services is responsible for support support of of of of of the the the Religious Services Services Services programs within each of of of of of the the NJDOC correctional institutions The office office provides guidance and and support support to to all all institutional chaplains and and and and administrators on on on on on on on religious matters Additionally this office office is is is responsible for for the the the development and and and and implementation of of of policies and and and and procedures that guide the the the delivery of of of religious religious services and and and appropriate religious religious accommodations for for the the the offender population When religious religious issues are are challenged by the the the offender population or institutions are are seeking further guidance on on on religious religious matters the the the the Office of of of Chaplaincy Services assists in in in in this process through the the the input of of of of its Religious Religious Issues Issues Committee Committee The Religious Religious Issues Issues Committee Committee consists of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a diverse team of of of departmental staff members who convene to to review religious religious matters on on on on a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a case-by-case basis and and make recommendations to to ensure that offenders’ religious religious rights and and and freedoms are upheld while ensuring for the the safety and and security of of the overall institution • •