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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...

All 7 Republican Assemblywomen want Hicks gone

January 27, 2021 12:56 pm

Republican women want Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks out of a job too. All seven of the state’s Republican Assemblywomen called for Hicks’ removal over reports of severe beatings at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, the state’s only women’s prison. “The...