Brickbat: Wrong Side of the Bars

New Jersey corrections officer Anthony Nelson has been charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact for assaulting two inmates he supervised on December 1. Nelson has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of his case. The assaults occurred at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, a state prison that houses and treats repetitive, compulsive sex offenders.