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Almost $2.4 Million in Settlements For Seven Suicides at New Jersey Jail
by David M. Reutter
The families of two women and five men who committed suicide while held in pretrial detention between July 2014 and November 2018 at New Jersey’s Cumberland County Jail (CCJ) have received a total of $2,372,500 to settle their claims against the County and its profiteering medical ...
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