Gov. Phil Murphy speaks to reporters on Dec. 9, 2024, at the Princeton Public Library. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor)
New Jersey officials would return potentially hundreds fewer parole violators to prison and cap how long they could be held under changes Gov. Phil Murphy will announce in his annual state of the state address Tuesday.
Murphy will urge lawmakers to pass legislation that would reduce how many people get hauled back to prison for technical parole violations, which is when someone violates the conditions of their parole rather than commits a new crime. Between 1,100 and 1,200 parolees are in state custody on any given day for technical parole violations…