More than a month after inmates at a juvenile correctional facility in Monroe attacked two officers, other officers said the safety has not significantly improved.

The union representing the officers at the New Jersey Training School for Boys on Grace Hill Road said nothing will change unless the head of the Juvenile Justice Commission leaves. The union representative, Officer Jim Mandel Jr., said the current policy is too soft when it comes to giving an inmate time in isolation. He also says there needs to be more accountability for inmates when they do something wrong.

?Refusing to obey is two to three days [in isolation], fighting is two to three days, assault on an officer is a maximum of five days,? Mandel said.

The union wants to go back to an earlier policy that gave up to 15 days in isolation, but the state attorney general said that may be unconstitutional.

Attorney General Stuart Rabner said the law treats juveniles differently than adults. He said the law does not permit extended isolation to be used as punishment, but rather to provide a cooling-off period for a juvenile to bring his or her behavior into compliance.

Rabner also said there have been changes to the facility, including more security cameras, more defense training and night security booths.

Mandel said those changes are only a Band-Aid. He said he worries for the safety of officers and inmates.

Two officers were injured in April during an inmate attack.

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