Reduce N.J. prison horrors by jailing fewer women | Letters
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
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Edna Mahan Correctional Facility is in the news again. Last year, the state’s only prison for women was in the news for the release of a U.S. Department of Justice report revealing that “the state corrections department violated inmates’ constitutional rights by failing to protect them from a culture of “severe and prevalent abuse” and that officials failed to take action despite being aware of systemic problems.”
Last week another horrible complaint emerged: Dozens of guards were placed on paid leave for allegedly brutally beating and sexually assaulting inmates.