N.J. Stat. tit. 59, ch. 5

N.J. Stat. tit. 59, ch. 5
in effect

N.J. Stat. § 59:5-1 Failure to provide prison, jail or correctional facilities

Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to provide a prison, jail or penal or correctional facility, or if such facility is provided, for failure to provide sufficient equipment, personnel or facilities in a prison or other correction facility. L.1972, c. 45, s. 59:5-1.

N.J. Stat. § 59:5-2 Parole or escape of prisoner; injuries between prisoners; pursuit for law enforcement purposes.

59:5-2. Parole or escape of prisoner; injuries between prisoners ; pursuit for law enforcement purposes. Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for: a. An injury resulting from the parole or release of a prisoner or from the terms and conditions of his parole or release or from the revocation of his parole or release; b. any injury caused by: (1) an escaping or escaped prisoner; (2) an escaping or escaped person; (3) a person resisting arrest or evading arrest; (4) a prisoner to any other prisoner; or c. any injury resulting from or caused by a law enforcement officer's pursuit of a person. L.1972, c.45, s.59:5-2; amended 1997, c.423, s.2.

N.J. Stat. § 59:5-4 Failure to provide police protection

Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to provide police protection service or, if police protection service is provided, for failure to provide sufficient police protection service. L.1972, c. 45, s. 59:5-4.

N.J. Stat. § 59:5-5 Failure to make arrest or retain person arrested in custody

Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for injury caused by the failure to make an arrest or by the failure to retain an arrested person in custody. L.1972, c. 45, s. 59:5-5.

N.J. Stat. § 59:5-6 No liability after voluntary release from police custody

a. Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for any injury suffered by a motor vehicle driver upon his voluntary release from police custody after reasonable precautions have been taken so that the driver is released in a position of relative safety and refuge following his arrest on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, pursuant to R.S.39:4-50. b. Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for any injury suffered by a motor vehicle occupant upon his voluntary release from police detention after reasonable precautions have been taken so that the occupant is released in a position of relative safety and refuge following the arrest of a motor vehicle driver on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, pursuant to R.S.39:4-50. L.1989, c.325, s.1.
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