Fugitive Safe Surrender Newark, New Jersey – November
4-7, 2009
The development of Fugitive Safe Surrender in Northern New
Jersey was launched under the stewardship of James Plousis, United
States Marshal for New Jersey. Marshal Plousis has worked with
government, corporate, non-profit, and faith-based sector partners to
lay the groundwork for a successful Fugitive Safe Surrender
operation in Newark, New Jersey. That four-day surrender period has been
set for Wednesday, November 4, to Saturday, November 7, 2009. The doors
will be open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day at the Bethany Baptist
Church, located at 275 W. Market Street in Newark.
The Reverend Dr. M. William Howard of Bethany Baptist Church has agreed
to serve as the faith-based leader of Fugitive Safe
Surrender-Newark, and will host the surrender days in his
church.
This is the second FSS event sponsored by the Marshals Service in the
State of New Jersey. Almost 2,250 people surrendered in Camden at
Fugitive Safe Surrender in November 2008. Newark’s operation
will be the 17th Fugitive Safe Surrender operation held nationwide, and
organizers are hopeful that this initiative, like the many that have
preceded it around the country, will be successful and have a positive
impact on the community.
Target individuals for this initiative include those with outstanding
non-violent warrants issued in New Jersey, regardless of the originating
county or local jurisdiction. In most cases, participants will be able
to meet with an attorney, see a judge, and have their cases adjudicated
on-site at Bethany Baptist Church, and the nearby Priory. However,
individuals with warrants for serious or violent offenses may also
surrender in the safe confines of the church.
There are no religious requirements, and a secular surrender site is
available.
In addition to the Marshals Service, the Newark program has the full
support of law enforcement organizations such as the Essex County Parole
Task Force, the Essex County Sheriff’s Office, the New Jersey Department
of Corrections, the New Jersey State Parole Board, the New Jersey State
Police, the Newark Police Department, Union County Sheriff’s Office and
the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s (UMDNJ)
Department of Public Safety.
Key judicial and court participants not only include the New Jersey
Office of the Attorney General, but also the Essex County Prosecutor’s
Office, the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender, Newark Municipal
Court, the Superior Court of New Jersey-Essex Vicinage, and the Superior
Court of New Jersey-Union Vicinage, and the Union County Prosecutor’s
Office.
Additional partners include the Clinton Hill Weed and Seed/Drug-Free
Communities, City of East Orange, East Orange Weed and Seed, the Essex
County Department of Citizen Services, Offender Aid and Restoration of
Essex County, the Township of Irvington, Irvington Neighborhood
Improvement Corporation, Irvington Weed and Seed, the City of Newark,
Newark Municipal Council - Office of the Council President, Newark
Office of Reentry, the Newark Police Department - Chaplains’
Association, Newark Reentry Legal Services (ReLeSe), the City of Orange,
the Paterson Department of Community Development - Neighborhood
Assistance Office, the City of Plainfield, the Township of Union, and
the Union County Human Services - Workforce Development Operations.
Faith-based and community partners, in addition to Bethany Baptist
Church, include Bethel Outreach Ministries, the Center for Urban
Education (CUE), Churches in Cooperation (CIC), Elmwood Presbyterian
Church, Faith Christian Center, Happy Hands Foundation, Inc., Integrity
House, Leopard Films, Mercy House and Straight Street Prison Ministry,
New Community Corporation, Newark Now, The Nicholson Foundation, The
Police Institute at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, Project
Drive, Inc., The Salvation Army, and the Waris Cultural Center.
Individuals with warrants from New Jersey, who wish to surrender, and
their loved ones who wish to assist them, are encouraged to call the FSS-Newark
hotline at (888) 852-9378.
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