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Sudden Rise in New Jersey Prison Guard Firings
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2007
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2007, page 26
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Guard Unions.
Location:
New Jersey.
by Matt Clarke
The number of New Jersey state prison system employees terminated for disciplinary reasons rose from 33 in 2005 to 69 in 2006. 52 of the 2006 firings are final; 17 are on appeal. The reasons for the firings range from beating prisoners without provocation and allowing …
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