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Justice Department Report Slams Nassau County Jail
Loaded on April 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2001, page 15
After a 14 month investigation, the U.S. Justice Department released a report September 11, 2000, that is harshly critical of the Nassau County Correctional Center (NCCC) located on Long Island, New York. The 23 page report found that NCCC prisoners have long been terrorized by "beat up crews" and "goon ...
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