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Tag: Linda Greenstein

No timetable on Edna Mahan prison probe, Murphy says

February 12, 2021   5:04 pm
Gov. Phil Murphy said today that he doesn’t have a timetable on the completion of an independent investigation of allegations that women inmates were beaten and sexually assaulted at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility. “I asked it to be done...
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Key senators seek independent public advocate for state homes, prisons

February 11, 2021   4:15 pmFebruary 11, 2021   4:16 pm
Legislation to create an independent public advocate position with legal and investigatory powers to protect residents of psychiatric hospitals, homes for veterans and the developmentally disabled, and prisons is being introduced by three key state senators who have emerged as...
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Senators want to know why Corrections Department hasn’t signed federal consent order

February 10, 2021   3:01 pmFebruary 10, 2021   4:53 pm
The failure of the Department of Corrections to agree to federal monitors at an embattled women’s prison has three state senators questioning why the state hasn’t signed a consent agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. “If federal monitors were...
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Senator press Hicks for details on women’s prison settlement with Justice Department

February 8, 2021   10:15 amFebruary 8, 2021   10:16 am
Three influential state senators want embattled Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks to release details of a tentative settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that addresses abuses at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for women. The lawmakers – Senate Majority Leader...
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Murphy taps former comptroller for investigation into Edna Mahan abuses

January 27, 2021   3:32 pmJanuary 27, 2021   8:49 pm
This story was updated with comment from Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez at 4:01 p.m. Gov. Phil Murphy tapped former State Comptroller Matt Boxer to investigate abuses at the state’s only women’s prison that have spurred bipartisan calls for the resignation or...
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Four assemblywomen want Hicks, corrections ombudsman put on leave

January 26, 2021   4:23 pm
Four Democratic Assemblywomen called on Gov. Phil Murphy to place on leave two of the state’s top corrections officials after reports of widespread abuse at the state’s only women’s prison. Assemblywomen Yvonne Lopez (D-Perth Amboy), Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood), Eliana...
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Greenstein, Vainieri Huttle urge reforms at troubled women’s prison

January 26, 2021   10:12 am
State Sen. Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro) and Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) joined a chorus of lawmakers calling for reforms at the state’s only women’s prison after dozens were suspended over accusations they beat inmates. “Time and time again, we have...
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