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| Gang Unit Closing, Saving $5M |
| By northjersey.com |
| Published: 05/07/2010 |
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Budget constraints and new technology are reshaping the way gang members are dealt with in state prisons, Corrections Commissioner Gary Lanigan said Thursday. Perhaps the most visible part of the new strategy is the dismantling of a 12-year-old unit in which some of the state's high-risk gang members were housed separately. The closing of the unit at the Northern State Prison in Newark will save the state $5 million, Lanigan said at an interview at his office in Trenton. The 240-bed facility frequently had a vacancy of about 100 beds, he said. "The program just doesn't warrant $5 million worth of vacant beds," he said. The files of the inmates in that unit are being reviewed to determine the best placement for each of them, he said. Read More. |
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