Corrections Officer Guilty of Beating Up South Jersey Prisoner

A Woodbury man has been found guilty of the assault of an inmate at the South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton.

The finding of guilty happened on Thursday after a trial in the Superior Court in Bridgeton.

Guilty of Assault

According to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae, Cortlen S. Flax, 37, was convicted in a case that goes back to 2017. The jury in the case deliberated for two hours.

Flax was found guilty of simple assault in an incident that occurred at the prison on February 15, 2017…

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