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| Escapes from N.J. halfway houses put spotlight on Christie |
| By northjersey.com - LESLIE BRODY AND JOHN REITMEYER |
| Published: 06/18/2012 |
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For the sister and father of a 21-year-old Garfield woman allegedly killed by a convict who fled a halfway house, a report Sunday that thousands have escaped from such places in New Jersey has rekindled their fury and frustration at a system that failed them and a governor whose top political adviser oversees the company that runs these private facilities. Governor Christie, a rising star of the national Republican Party, has championed the privatization of New Jersey’s public operations — prisons, some schools, even public television — since winning an election built in |part on his reputation as an aggressive federal prosecutor who imprisoned politicians and targeted insider dealing. But allegations of widespread escapes from a privately run halfway house system — whose primary contractor has deep connections to Christie, with frequent campaign contributions to him as well as top Democrats and other state officials — could become a potentially powerful political crisis for the governor, perhaps the greatest of his administration. Read More. |
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