Essex County Sheriff's Department

Shawna McMullen

This place is one of the worst prisons I've ever heard of. Just like the person who previously stated before me the mail is always sent back to my house they always tell me that I put the incorrect information when it is wrong I put the correct information to be delivered. Mail is constantly sent back. The place is a dump in a s******* and doesn't offer any kind of corrections.

tiffany henry

As a person who has never been involved with the law this is my first and hopefully my Kay encounter with this jail, the jail is a joke, the visits “ are encouraged” again a joke, I’ve seen elderly people, children on Xmas denied access from see their loved ones, the staff are overly confident and cold. The visits are never on time and you are lucky if they last for the full 30 Mins, ( ex my visit was cut to 15mins on Christmas ). They are constantly locking the inmates down ( the whole block) verse the person committing the violation, honestly this jail does nothing to help the inmates reform or advance. And literally exploit the family and friends for so much money with high cost in phone calls and food . When I say I hate this jail this is a understatement !

Brian Grogan

You'll starve without canteen and they keep Boro sentenced and our trial inmates together which is illegal, they are constantly overcrowded but get paid more per inmate than the fine costs & they keep the foods in the yard during movements which is an inimdation technique and is illegal. They also only give you 1 T shirt, pair of underwear (if your lucky) &a Pastore of socks when yoy should get 3 of reach so you habe to wear the Dane clothes every day for about the 1st 2 weeks. Finally the infirmary is a joke when you mix it with intake and half the images are such while the others are hyper and bouncing sound the tiny room with no windows your locked down in 23 hours a day.

pam brown

I always tell everybody about my deafness. The visiting staff need to learn to listen and not insult a hard of hearing deaf person. bellowing out louder is rude and disrespectful. I asked if he could look at me as he spoke in a normal manner, He refused and continued to now Yelling at me, I can not read lips if someone keeps screaming at me, I eventual left in tears. Even the "ladies" behind the glass partition were to busy gabbing to listen. I also told them please, do not yell through the quarter size hole and to speak looking at me. Again total rudeness, and they too were put off at such a request. Ratings are a negative 5 stars. I eventually left in tears and did not get to visit my son. I was a visitor not a convict/inmate.