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Gannet New Jersey’s Witch Hunt for Public Employees with Criminal Records
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2007
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2007, page 14
Gannet New Jersey's Witch Hunt for Public Employees with Criminal Records
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism,
Disclosure of Records.
Location:
New Jersey.
by Matthew T. Clarke
The media in New Jersey, spearheaded by Gannett New Jersey publications, has embarked on a campaign to root out public employees with criminal records.
On April 1, 2007, Gannett New Jersey published the results of …
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