Tag: Overcrowding
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BERGEN OFFICIAL DEFENDS JAIL STATE; Testifies More Work is Needed
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, March 12, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B01 Bergen County officials on Wednesday opened their defense in a lawsuit charging that conditions in the crowded jail rob inmates of their constitutional rights, while acknowledging that improvements are needed. Undersheriff Gary…
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JAIL STILL DEFICIENT, EXPERT TESTIFIES
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, January 30, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | Page: B01 Conditions that led Bergen County Jail inmates to file a class-action suit against the county and state remain largely unchanged since a sanitary expert last inspected the jail more than a…