Middletown High School North senior Melissa Roche holds up a sign in support of the teachers as they were led away to jail in Freehold Thursday.
A Monmouth County Sheriff’s Officer keeps a watchful eye on Middletown teachers as they prepare to board a van waiting to transport them to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Freehold, Thursday morning.
A Middletown teacher, just released from Monmouth County jail, receives a warm welcome early Friday afternoon.
Middletown teacher Kevin Coyle leaves the Hall of Records in handcuffs bound for the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Freehold, after being placed into custody for violating a court order mandating that the striking teachers return to work.
Striking teachers write the names of jailed colleagues on poster board broken hearts outside the Hall of Records, Freehold, Dec. 5.
PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ Teachers and family members wave to Middletown Township Education Association members Friday as they are transported to a parking lot at the Monmouth County Courthouse to be released from custody.
Middletown Township Education Association members and their supporters hold up signs as jailed teachers are brought to the courthouse parking lot to be released.