The predecessor building to the current Hudson County Correctional Facility first opened in 1845 next to the original Hudson County Court House as a small jail located in Jersey City.

In February 2018 Human Rights First published Ailing Justice: New Jersey, a report about three New Jersey prison facilities (Hudson County Correctional Facility, Essex County Correctional Facility, and Elizabeth Detention Facility) found prisoners at HCCF overall were provided poor quality medical care (or outright denial of care),[2] were given poor quality food lacking nutrition, and food were served on dishes that were unwashed or washed with dirty water.

[3] Hudson County Correctional Facility is one of the many regional centers used by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the New York metropolitan area.

[4] The partnership between HCCF and ICE (then the Immigration and Naturalization Service) dates back to 1996, with a contract resigned in 2003.

Connections to this bus can be made at two nearby transportation hubs: Newark Penn and Journal Square.