BRIDGETON, New Jersey (WPVI) -- An accused child rapist is on the run after being released from the Cumberland County Jail before ICE was able to take him into custody.

The Cumberland County jail is the third in the state, joining Camden and Monmouth counties, with a body scanner, which will allow officers to see weapons, drugs and other banned material inmates ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.J. - An inmate was just one day away from freedom when he was murdered in his cell by a fellow inmate, who will now spend the rest of his life behind bars. What we know Bruce ...

Cumberland County He was 1 day away from going home. Then a fellow N.J. prison inmate brutally killed him. Updated: Jul. 22, 2025, 5:30 p.m. | Published: Jul. 22 ...

BRIDGETON — A Cumberland County commissioner on Tuesday sent a letter to the state Department of Corrections asking for an inspection of the county jail amid a COVID-19 outbreak there.

Several units of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and the Fayetteville Police Department were able to evacuate more than 400 inmates soon after the fire was reported around 6:45 p.m.