 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 65% contained. The blaze in the Wharton State Forest was reported early. Officials say it has now burned an estimated 4,000 acres. Crews were monitoring and improving containment lines and conducting burnout operations in pockets of unburned fuel.