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| Moving Youth Offenders To Different County To Save NJ Millions |
| By nj.com |
| Published: 02/09/2011 |
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EWING — Mercer County plans to shutter its Youth Detention Center in Ewing and begin sending juvenile offenders to a Middlesex County facility in North Brunswick, a move that would save $4.2 million a year but result in 46 layoffs. The population at the Parkside Avenue facility has dropped in recent years as the state’s Juvenile Justice Commission has shifted toward rehabilitating young people and recommending home detention rather than incarceration. The center will close June 1 if the plan gets approval from the state and from both counties’ freeholder boards. The decision was not unexpected. Over the last two years, as the county trimmed detention center staff to save money, union workers said they were concerned that County Executive Brian Hughes would make an agreement with Middlesex County, which has housed juveniles from Somerset County for decades and recently made an agreement to take Monmouth County’s young offenders. Read More. |
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