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New Jersey Comptroller Criticizes, Questions Halfway House Contracts
Loaded on July 15, 2012
by Derek Gilna
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2012, page 24
In a June 15, 2011 letter and separate audit report, the New Jersey State Comptroller’s office sharply criticized a number of issues related to the Department of Corrections’ (DOC) contracts with private halfway houses. Singled out for special attention was Education and Health Centers of America, Inc. (EHCA), a non-profit …
Filed under:
Work Release,
Misconduct/Corruption,
Contractor Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct.
Location:
New Jersey.
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