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WARDEN
THEODORE J. HUTLER JR., MA, CPM, CJM
WARDEN THEODORE J. HUTLER
Jr. has been in charge of Ocean County’s Correctional facilities for over thirty
years and is New Jersey's Senior Jail Warden. Prior to his current position as
head of the Ocean County Department of Corrections, the Warden served for two
years as the Director of the County’s Juvenile Detention Center and Children’s
Shelter. Mr. Hutler began his 40 year Criminal Justice career as a police
officer with the Lacey Township, NJ Police Department. While with Lacey PD he
served as PBA Local 238’s State Delegate. He has also served as Ocean County’s
Criminal Justice Planning Director and as an Undersheriff with the Ocean County
Sheriff’s Department.
Warden Hutler earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Moravian
College in Bethlehem, Pa. and a Master’s Degree in Administration from Rider
University. He also is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and while there
earned a Certificate in Criminal Justice Education from the University of
Virginia. The Warden is a nationally Certified Public Manager (CPM) through the
New Jersey Department of Personnel and has earned a Post-Graduate Certificate in
Administrative Sciences from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has attended
over eighty seminars and courses given by the National Institute of Corrections,
National Sheriff’s Association, American Jail Association, American Correctional
Association, New Jersey State Police, New Jersey Corrections Officer’s Training
Academy, New Jersey County Jail Wardens Association and various other Criminal
Justice Agencies. Warden Hutler was the first corrections’ professional in New
Jersey to be certified by the American Jail Association as a Certified Jail
Manager (CJM) and he is also a graduate of the National Institute of
Correction’s prestigious Executive Excellence Program. The Warden is a Certified
Instructor by the New Jersey Police Training Commission and has been a presenter
at both State and National Correctional Conferences as well as instructing at
the Ocean County Police Academy.
The Warden is a former Executive Board member of the New Jersey County Jail
Wardens’ Association and has twice served as the Association’s President. He was
a leader in getting legislation passed that mandated Corrections Officers
receive basic training and certification by the New Jersey Police Training
Commission. His other professional affiliations include serving a member and
past Chairman of the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts County
Corrections Information System (CCIS) Policy Board. The Warden has also served
as a member of the New Jersey Parole Advisory Board and the Governor’s
Counter-Terrorism Law Enforcement Advisory Council. He holds memberships in the
American Correctional Association, Middle Atlantic States Correctional
Association, American Jail Association, North American Association of Warden’s
and Superintendents, FBI National Academy Associates, and the International
Association of Chiefs of Police. Warden Hutler is an Instructor of Criminal
Justice at Ocean County College and is also a member of the College’s Criminal
Justice Advisory Board.
As head of the Ocean
County Department of Corrections and its 240 Sworn Officers and professional
staff, Warden Hutler, is responsible for over 700 inmates housed in the County
Correctional Facility and participating in the Inmate Community Work Program. He
has assisted in the planning of the New Correctional Facility which was opened
in the summer of 2011 and has increased the jail’s New Jersey Department of
Corrections’ rated inmate capacity to 756. He has also overseen various
correctional renovations including the installation of a state of the art
integrated security system and the renovation of the 1962 Jail and 1985 Justice
Complex. The Department’s highly successful Community Work Program has received
both National and State Awards and recognition. The Program’s Environmental
Education and Safety program for elementary school students is professionally
recognized for its success by the local school systems.
The Department is proud of its Officer IGGY (Internet Guardian Guiding Youth)
and Officer SPARKLES (Special Programs and Resources Keeping Life
Environmentally Safe) programs. These programs utilize robots and puppets in the
education of Ocean County’s elementary school students on how to safely use the
internet and keep the environment safe and clean. These educational programs
have been presented to over 100,000 students during the past ten years.
The Department was the first in New Jersey to complete the four phases of the
National Institute of Correction’s Objective Jail Classification Program (OJC).
It also served as the pilot facility for the implementation of the State of New
Jersey’s County Corrections Information System’s (CCIS) Objective Jail
Classification. The program has since been validated by the National Institute
of Corrections using Ocean County for its statistical review and is the model
for New Jersey. Additionally, the Department's Health Care Services have been
accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care since 1987;
the jail has been accredited by American Correctional Association from 1999 to
2008; and in 2005 & 2006 was one of only two New Jersey counties to be presented
with a ‘Certificate of Compliance’ from the New Jersey Department of Corrections
in recognition of attaining 100% compliance with the requirements of the State
Manual of Standards for New Jersey Adult County Correctional Facilities.
The Warden introduced
Basic Correctional Officer Training to the Ocean County Police Academy in 2007
and since then nearly 75 correctional recruits have graduated from the first
three basic classes having each completed sixteen weeks of training. Class #4
will commence in the Spring of 2013 and 20 Officers will graduate by Summer and
begin their careers as Correctional Professionals.
February 2013
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