Union seeks more solitary confinement in NJ prisons as answer to assaults on guards

The prison guards' union wants NJ lawmakers to ease restrictions on solitary confinement, an effort to reduce assaults on officers.

By: Dana DiFilippo

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: September 4, 2026

Words: 1,183

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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The union that represents New Jersey corrections officers wants lawmakers to expand solitary confinement in state prisons, saying changes are needed to reduce inmates’ assaults on guards.

William Sullivan, who heads the officers’ union, is urging lawmakers to introduce a bill this fall that would ease restrictions mandated in a 2019 law that limits how long prisoners can be in solitary confinement. The union wants prisons to regain the ability to place …

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