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| N.J. corrections chief defends use of privately run halfway houses |
| By northjersey.com - Anthony Campisi |
| Published: 04/25/2013 |
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Nearly a year after Governor Christie signed legislation ordering a report on the operations at privately run halfway houses, the work hasn’t been completed and prison officials are defending their decision to put thousands of inmates in these facilities. “I think our halfway house programs are working,” Corrections Commissioner Gary M. Lanigan told lawmakers Monday. Despite a series of news reports raising questions about security and violence at the homes, Lanigan offered his support for the system, attributing the state’s lower than average recidivism rate to the work these halfway houses do to help prisoners reintegrate into society. “We have very little violence in our halfway houses,” he told members of the Senate Budget Committee. Read More. |
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