 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. The fast-moving forest fire in southern New Jersey is now over 65% contained. The blaze in the Wharton State Fire in the 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.