N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:1-1.1 - Functions of the agency

(a) The Department of Corrections (DOC), created by statute in 1976, is a principal Department in the Executive Branch of New Jersey State Government (see 30:1B-2). The functions of the DOC are to:

1. Protect the public and provide for the custody, care, discipline, training and treatment of persons committed to State correctional facilities;

2. Supervise and assist in the treatment and training of persons in local correctional facilities, so that such persons may be prepared for release and reintegration into the community;

3. Cooperate with other law enforcement agencies of the State to encourage a more unified system of criminal justice.

4. Provide maximum security confinement for offenders whose demonstrated propensity to acts of violence requires that these offenders be separated from the community;

5. Develop alternatives to conventional incarceration for offenders who can be dealt with more effectively in less restrictive community based facilities and programs;

6. Provide an environment for incarcerated persons which encourages rehabilitation and reintegration into the community; and

7. Protect the incarcerated offender from victimization within the correctional facilities of the DOC.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:1-1.1

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 105(a), effective 1/3/2017