§ 59:5-1 Failure to provide prison, jail or correctional facilities
§ 59:5-2 Parole or escape of prisoner; injuries between prisoners; pursuit for law enforcement purposes
§ 59:5-4 Failure to provide police protection
§ 59:5-5 Failure to make arrest or retain person arrested in custody
§ 59:5-6 No liability after voluntary release from police custody

Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 59 > Chapter 5 - Failure to Provide Prison, Jail or Correctional Facilities

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2