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Questionable New Jersey Halfway House Funding Benefits CEC
Loaded on April 15, 2011
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2011, page 48
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Work Release,
Misconduct/Corruption,
Contractor Misconduct,
Government Misconduct.
Location:
New Jersey.
Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie insisted on budget cuts in 2010, except when it came to funding treatment centers, formerly called halfway houses. Gov. Christie wanted to increase funding for treatment centers by $3.1 million, from $61.5 million to $64.6 million, which would benefit prisoners after ...
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