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George W. Hayman became the Department's Acting Commissioner in January 2006. Some of the more famous NJ Department of Corrections employees were, former Commissioner William Fauver, former NJ State Parole Board Chairman, Mario Paparozzi, along with his brother, the late former NJ State PBA 326 Delegate Steve Paparozzi. Other notables include the following highly decorated Officers, (now retired): SR. P.O. Richard Moyle, SR. P.O. Lawrence Phillips, SR. P.O. John Jordan, & SR. P.O. Leonard DeVivo.

The NJDOC's facilities house a combined total of 23,000 inmates in minimum, medium and maximum security levels. Approximately 1,200 inmates are incarcerated, and an equal number released each month. The median term for inmates is six years. 47% of inmates are serving terms of one-to-five years; 17% are serving terms of six-to-nine years; and 33% are serving maximum sentences of 10 years or more. As of January 2003, 984 offenders were serving Life Sentence s, including 14 offenders under Capital Sentences .


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