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| State continues controversial contract |
| By Gannett State Bureau |
| Published: 08/02/2006 |
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TRENTON, NJ - The new state budget preserves a $1.5 million-a-year deal whereby taxpayers pay a private company to teach prison inmates coping skills, though state auditors found no one at the Department of Corrections has checked whether the classes were held. "Corrections never asked for anything and still processed the bill," Ron Thompson, manager of the audit by State Auditor Richard Fair, said today of the 6-year-old deal. In fact, the Department of Corrections, or DOC, pays staff employees to offer inmates precisely what the outside contractor says he provides. DOC spokeswoman Deirdre Fedkeneheurer said DOC had suggested the contract be dropped at the start of the budget process last winter. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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