CORRECTIONAL CORRUPTION –
May 30, 2023 – Auditors also uncovered shortcomings in how the prison, which sits on the grounds of Fort Dix in Burlington County, tracks employee sick leave. That signals some staff abuse sick time and could result in schedule disruptions and a need for increased overtime, according to the report.
Investigators blamed record-keeping deficiencies and insufficient oversight by both facility and state Department of Corrections officials.
“Failure to properly record costs for each facility distorts the department’s ability to accurately compare spending between facilities and cost per inmate calculations,” Kaschak wrote in the May 17 audit.
The audit comes after department Commissioner Victoria Kuhn submitted a $1.2 billion budget request that prompted concern by some legislators who wondered why the department’s budget didn’t fall even though the number of people incarcerated has plummeted since the pandemic’s start.
