Support for impeaching N.J. prison leader grows in wake of alleged beatings of women inmates
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
Posted Feb 11, 2021
New Jersey Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks in a Jan. 8, 2020, file photo at the Family Guidance Center of Warren County in Washington Township.Steve Novak | For lehighvalleylive.com
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A growing coalition of lawmakers have announced their support for impeaching the head of New Jersey’s prison system amid a criminal probe into assaults against female inmates by staff at the state’s only women’s prison.
A bipartisan group of 10 women in the state Assembly said Thursday they’d support forcing Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks out of a job, which would be the first time in modern history the Legislature impeached a leader in the executive branch.
A bill up for a vote in the State Senate Thursday is drawing strong opposition and concern from a number of Republican lawmakers at the Jersey Shore and beyond.
The A4454/S2781 measure seeks to add diversity and inclusion education grades K-12 in schools across the state which would also include lessons on equity, tolerance and belonging while encouraging safe, welcoming, and inclusive environments for all students regardless of race or ethnicity, sexual and gender identities, mental and physical disabilities, and religious beliefs ,
The bill went through the Assembly once and is now at the Senate level.
Ocean County 10th District (which covers northern Ocean County) Senator Jim Holzapfel said in a statement that he will vote “no” on the bill which would mandate public schools incorporate sexual and gender identity into the curriculum.
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IMAGE: In its newly-published guide, Alzheimer Europe encourages health and social care workers:
• to provide people from different ethnic communities with culturally appropriate and understandable information about dementia and existing services. view more
Credit: Alzheimer Europe 2020
Luxembourg, 17 December 2020 - Alzheimer Europe today launched two new publications: Intercultural dementia care for health and social care providers: a guide and Policy briefing on intercultural care and support for people with dementia and their informal carers/supporters .
The number of people with dementia from minority ethnic groups is increasing as migrant populations in Europe age and some ethnic groups have a higher risk of developing dementia. Although many symptoms of dementia can be managed with good care, the uptake of dementia care services by people from minority ethnic communities remains low.