 Men incarcerated at the Louisiana Penitentiary filed a class action lawsuit last year alleging cruel and unusual punishment and forced labor in the prison's fields. John Scott reporting. A fast-moving forest fire in southern New Jersey is now over 65% contained. The blaze in the Wharton State Fire, a forest, was reported early. Officials say it's now burned an estimated 4,000 acres. Crews were monitoring and improving containment lines and conducting burnout operations in pockets of unburned fuel.