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| N.J. corrections chief defends use of privately run halfway houses |
| By northjersey.com - Anthony Campisi |
| Published: 04/22/2013 |
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New Jersey Corrections Commissioner Gary M. Lanigan defended the state's decision to house inmates in privately run halfway house facilities despite new reports last year that raised questions about their safety. “I think our halfway house programs are working,” Lanigan told lawmakers Monday during a Senate budget hearing, pointing to a state recidivism rate, of about 35 percent, that's lower than for former federal inmates, which stands at more than 50 percent. Lanigan said the state was still working on a report mandated by the Legislature that will provide more information on halfway house escapes and the state's contracts with a series of halfway house providers that were the focus of a New York Times series that detailed poor training, dangerous conditions and gang activity at the facilities. Read More. |
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