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Shuttering N.J. women’s prison after decades of abuse is one option ‘on the table,’ top official says
Updated May 03, 2021;
New Jersey may consider shutting down the state’s only women’s prison in the wake of new allegations of abuse behind bars, the head of the state’s corrections department told lawmakers Monday.
An outside consultant will take a close look at whether to keep the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Hunterdon County open after decades of documented misconduct by staff, Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks said during a three-hour budget hearing before he Assembly Budget Committee.
“That is on the table,” Hicks said, but he did not offer any further details and stressed that closure was just one of many changes that will be explored by the consultant.
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