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The '''New Jersey Department of Corrections''' ('''NJDOC''') is responsible for operations and management of prison facilities in the U.S. state of [[New Jersey]]. The department operates 13 major institutions—seven adult male correctional facilities, three youth facilities, one facility for sex offenders, one women's correctional institution and a central reception / intake unit—and a Stabilization and Reintegration Program. The department is headquartered in [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]].
The NJDOC's facilities house a combined total of 20,000 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 imprisonment|life sentence]]s, including 14 offenders under [[capital punishment|death sentences]] (
==Jurisdiction and law enforcement authority==
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