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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 twenty-eight 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 36 year Criminal Justice career as a police officer with the Lacey Township,
NJ Police Department. 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 seventy-five 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 an 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 200 Sworn Officers
and professional staff, Warden Hutler, is responsible for nearly 600 inmates in
the Justice Complex, Community Work Program and Home Detention & Monitoring
Program. He has assisted in the planning of the current Justice Complex and the
New Correctional Facility which will be completed in 2010. He has also overseen
various correctional renovations including the installation of a state of the
art integrated security system and the current planning of a jail annex that
will double the facility’s inmate capacity. 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 seven 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. In
December of 2007 the Department proudly graduated Corrections Basic Training
Class #1 from the Ocean County Police Academy. Prior to this class, Ocean County
Corrections Officers received Basic Training at other Police Training Commission
Academies throughout the State.
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