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      <title>South Jersey Inmate Could Get Life for Fatal Prison Beating</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 01:00:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[An inmate at a prison in South Jersey is facing life behind bars for a fatal beating back in 2019. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/564/p/south-jersey-inmate-could-get-life-for-fatal-prison-beating/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An inmate at a prison in South Jersey is facing life behind bars for a fatal beating back in 2019. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/564/p/south-jersey-inmate-could-get-life-for-fatal-prison-beating/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>NJ Inmate Could Get Life in Prison for Fatal Beating in Cell</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 21:00:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office says a jury found 45-year-old Bruce Duette guilty of first-degree murder earlier this week. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/564/p/fatal-prison-beating-nj/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Cumberland County Prosecutor&apos;s Office says a jury found 45-year-old Bruce Duette guilty of first-degree murder earlier this week. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/564/p/fatal-prison-beating-nj/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Coleman]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>15 Prisons In NY With Most Dangerous Inmates</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 03:00:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[These 15 prisons are generally where the worst of the worst are housed. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/11/p/new-york-maximum-security-prisons/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[These 15 prisons are generally where the worst of the worst are housed. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/11/p/new-york-maximum-security-prisons/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasmin Young]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>3 Most Popular Prison Gangs In New York</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/ixp/11/p/new-york-prison-gangs/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 22:00:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[These three gangs are the most prolific in New York State prisons. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/11/p/new-york-prison-gangs/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[These three gangs are the most prolific in New York State prisons. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/11/p/new-york-prison-gangs/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasmin Young]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Two Inmates Claim They Were Beaten And Tortured At NY Prison</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The two men say the assaults happened during lockdown at a prison in New York State. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/11/p/inmates-beaten-new-york-prison/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The two men say the assaults happened during lockdown at a prison in New York State. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/11/p/inmates-beaten-new-york-prison/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasmin Young]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>New York Shuts Down America's Last Floating Prison</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/ixp/11/p/new-york-closes-last-floating-prison/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 14:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The last floating prison in America is now closed. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/11/p/new-york-closes-last-floating-prison/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The last floating prison in America is now closed. <a href="https://nj1015.com/ixp/11/p/new-york-closes-last-floating-prison/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasmin Young]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>852 NJ inmates out early despite outcries from lawmakers, cops</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/on-sunday-nj-let-out-another-852-prisoners-despite-outcries-from-lawmakers-cops/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:45:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Another 852 inmates are back on the streets as part of a COVID-19 early release program. Lawmakers and cops say it puts the public in danger and Murphy's emergency public health order is over. <a href="https://nj1015.com/on-sunday-nj-let-out-another-852-prisoners-despite-outcries-from-lawmakers-cops/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Another 852 inmates are back on the streets as part of a COVID-19 early release program. Lawmakers and cops say it puts the public in danger and Murphy&apos;s emergency public health order is over. <a href="https://nj1015.com/on-sunday-nj-let-out-another-852-prisoners-despite-outcries-from-lawmakers-cops/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Prison door at the Monmouth County Correctional Institute. (Vin Ebenau, Townsquare Media New Jersey)</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Rickman]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>'Addiction is not about race' — Should it be about prison?</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/addiction-is-not-about-race-should-it-be-about-prison/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:13:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How much of a deterrent is a prison when it comes to drug addiction? The body wants what the body wants when it wants drugs. It doesn't matter what your race is or your income level or position in society. People have thrown their whole lives away thanks to drug addiction. <a href="https://nj1015.com/addiction-is-not-about-race-should-it-be-about-prison/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[How much of a deterrent is a prison when it comes to drug addiction? The body wants what the body wants when it wants drugs. It doesn&apos;t matter what your race is or your income level or position in society. People have thrown their whole lives away thanks to drug addiction. <a href="https://nj1015.com/addiction-is-not-about-race-should-it-be-about-prison/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Trevelise]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Princeton from prison? Only in New Jersey</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/princeton-from-prison-only-in-new-jersey-opinion/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 01:14:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[College state aid for prisoners? Come on. <a href="https://nj1015.com/princeton-from-prison-only-in-new-jersey-opinion/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[College state aid for prisoners? Come on. <a href="https://nj1015.com/princeton-from-prison-only-in-new-jersey-opinion/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Trevelise]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>No, ex-cons and prisoners should NOT have the right to vote</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/no-ex-cons-and-prisoners-should-not-have-the-right-to-vote-opinion/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:30:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This is a terrible idea from beginning to end for reasons so obvious I shouldn't have to go into them. <a href="https://nj1015.com/no-ex-cons-and-prisoners-should-not-have-the-right-to-vote-opinion/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This is a terrible idea from beginning to end for reasons so obvious I shouldn&apos;t have to go into them. <a href="https://nj1015.com/no-ex-cons-and-prisoners-should-not-have-the-right-to-vote-opinion/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Deminski]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>North Korea sentences US tourist to 15 years in prison</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/north-korea-sentences-us-tourist-to-15-years-in-prison/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2016 06:36:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[He was charged with subversion under Article 60 of North Korea's criminal code. The court held that he had committed a crime "pursuant to the U.S. government's hostile policy toward (the North), in a bid to impair the unity of its people after entering it as a tourist." <a href="https://nj1015.com/north-korea-sentences-us-tourist-to-15-years-in-prison/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[He was charged with subversion under Article 60 of North Korea&apos;s criminal code. The court held that he had committed a crime &quot;pursuant to the U.S. government&apos;s hostile policy toward (the North), in a bid to impair the unity of its people after entering it as a tourist.&quot; <a href="https://nj1015.com/north-korea-sentences-us-tourist-to-15-years-in-prison/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">American student Otto Warmbier, is escorted at the Supreme Court in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) </media:description>
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      <title>Changes weighed to federal program for ailing, aging inmates</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/changes-weighed-to-federal-program-for-ailing-aging-inmates/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:56:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Months after being sent to prison for a fraud conviction, Iowa businessman Clarence Rice began experiencing severe stomach pains that required extended hospital visits. Then came the diagnosis of bile duct cancer -- and, with it, the painful acceptance that he'd have just months to live. <a href="https://nj1015.com/changes-weighed-to-federal-program-for-ailing-aging-inmates/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Months after being sent to prison for a fraud conviction, Iowa businessman Clarence Rice began experiencing severe stomach pains that required extended hospital visits. Then came the diagnosis of bile duct cancer -- and, with it, the painful acceptance that he&apos;d have just months to live. <a href="https://nj1015.com/changes-weighed-to-federal-program-for-ailing-aging-inmates/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">In this Feb. 26, 2016, photo, Allison Rice, whose father was a white-collar criminal and died in prison of cancer without being granted compassionate release, in her apartment in Washington.  (AP Photo/Molly Riley) </media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>College behind bars: An old idea with some new energy</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/college-behind-bars-an-old-idea-with-some-new-energy/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:17:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[College education in American prisons is starting to grow again, more than two decades since federal government dollars were prohibited from being used for college programs behind bars. <a href="https://nj1015.com/college-behind-bars-an-old-idea-with-some-new-energy/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[College education in American prisons is starting to grow again, more than two decades since federal government dollars were prohibited from being used for college programs behind bars. <a href="https://nj1015.com/college-behind-bars-an-old-idea-with-some-new-energy/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, inmates head to classes at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Wash.  (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) </media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Prison population down sharply in NJ</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/prison-population-down-sharply-in-nj/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 01:32:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[New Jersey's prison population has been reduced by 31 percent during a 15-year period, the biggest drop in the nation. <a href="https://nj1015.com/prison-population-down-sharply-in-nj/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[New Jersey&apos;s prison population has been reduced by 31 percent during a 15-year period, the biggest drop in the nation. <a href="https://nj1015.com/prison-population-down-sharply-in-nj/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">New Jersey's prison population has been reduced by 31 percent during a 15-year period, the biggest drop in the nation.</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Cutter]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Fight over hostage’s fate broke up California jail escapees</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/fight-over-hostages-fate-broke-up-california-jail-escapees/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2016 08:44:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Six days after their breakout -- and 400 miles to the north -- fugitives Hossein Nayeri and Bac Duong came to blows in a San Jose motel room because Nayeri wanted to kill the man and bury his body and Duong did not, authorities said Monday.  <a href="https://nj1015.com/fight-over-hostages-fate-broke-up-california-jail-escapees/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Six days after their breakout -- and 400 miles to the north -- fugitives Hossein Nayeri and Bac Duong came to blows in a San Jose motel room because Nayeri wanted to kill the man and bury his body and Duong did not, authorities said Monday.  <a href="https://nj1015.com/fight-over-hostages-fate-broke-up-california-jail-escapees/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Three inmates captured are seen on a video monitor at Orange County Sheriff's news conference in Santa Ana, Calif., Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) </media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>California grants rare look inside largest death row</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2016 06:55:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[With executions on hold in California and a death penalty appeals process that can take years, many inmates on the nation's largest death row say they spend little time worrying about the lethal injection that may one day kill them. <a href="https://nj1015.com/california-grants-rare-look-inside-largest-death-row/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[With executions on hold in California and a death penalty appeals process that can take years, many inmates on the nation&apos;s largest death row say they spend little time worrying about the lethal injection that may one day kill them. <a href="https://nj1015.com/california-grants-rare-look-inside-largest-death-row/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, inmate Charles Crawford speaking to reporters in a recreation yard at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) </media:description>
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      <title>Speed cameras, bars being sued for drunk driving and more on ‘D&amp;D Today’</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/speed-cameras-bars-being-sued-for-drunk-driving-and-more-on-dd-today/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:32:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Here is what Deminski and Doyle are talking about on today’s show. <a href="https://nj1015.com/speed-cameras-bars-being-sued-for-drunk-driving-and-more-on-dd-today/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is what Deminski and Doyle are talking about on today&CloseCurlyQuote;s show. <a href="https://nj1015.com/speed-cameras-bars-being-sued-for-drunk-driving-and-more-on-dd-today/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Study: Parole Reduces NJ Crime, Saves Money [AUDIO]</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:07:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Offenders released to parole supervision in New Jersey are 36 percent less likely to be arrested, convicted and returned to prison for new crimes, than inmates who served out their full sentences behind bars, according to a new study by The Pew Charitable Trusts' Public Safety Performance Project. <a href="https://nj1015.com/study-parole-reduces-nj-crime-saves-money-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Offenders released to parole supervision in New Jersey are 36 percent less likely to be arrested, convicted and returned to prison for new crimes, than inmates who served out their full sentences behind bars, according to a new study by The Pew Charitable Trusts&apos; Public Safety Performance Project. <a href="https://nj1015.com/study-parole-reduces-nj-crime-saves-money-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Offenders released to parole supervision in New Jersey are 36 percent less likely to be arrested, convicted and returned to prison for new crimes, than inmates who served out their full sentences behind bars, according to a new study by The Pew Charitable Trusts' Public Safety Performance Project.</media:description>
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      <title>Should Prisoners Pay for Their Incarceration in NJ? [POLL/AUDIO]</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/should-prisoners-pay-for-their-incarceration-in-nj-audio/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:34:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It costs a lot of money to house criminals in New Jersey and taxpayers are footing the entire bill. <a href="https://nj1015.com/should-prisoners-pay-for-their-incarceration-in-nj-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It costs a lot of money to house criminals in New Jersey and taxpayers are footing the entire bill. <a href="https://nj1015.com/should-prisoners-pay-for-their-incarceration-in-nj-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin McArdle]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Inmates Decrease in NJ</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/nj-prison-population-declines-audio/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The number of inmates in state prisons is on the decline, which is right in line with a national trend. In the United States, the prison population dropped for a third straight year in 2012. <a href="https://nj1015.com/nj-prison-population-declines-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The number of inmates in state prisons is on the decline, which is right in line with a national trend. In the United States, the prison population dropped for a third straight year in 2012. <a href="https://nj1015.com/nj-prison-population-declines-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelly Waldron]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Should Young Offenders Be Put in Solitary Confinement? [AUDIO]</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/should-young-offenders-be-put-in-solitary-confinement-audio/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Several different children's rights organizations are calling on the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission to severely restrict the use of solitary confinement. <a href="https://nj1015.com/should-young-offenders-be-put-in-solitary-confinement-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Several different children&apos;s rights organizations are calling on the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission to severely restrict the use of solitary confinement. <a href="https://nj1015.com/should-young-offenders-be-put-in-solitary-confinement-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">ACLU attorney Alex Shalom in Trenton (David Matthau, Townsquare Media NJ)</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Matthau]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>NJ Senators Aim to Ensure Prisoners Don’t Collect Unemployment [AUDIO]</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/nj-senators-aim-to-make-sure-prisoners-dont-collect-unemployment-audio/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:58:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Late last month, State Comptroller Matt Boxer released an audit that identified more than $23 million in benefit payments made to or on behalf of prison inmates who did not appear to be entitled to such payments. <a href="https://nj1015.com/nj-senators-aim-to-make-sure-prisoners-dont-collect-unemployment-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Late last month, State Comptroller Matt Boxer released an audit that identified more than $23 million in benefit payments made to or on behalf of prison inmates who did not appear to be entitled to such payments. <a href="https://nj1015.com/nj-senators-aim-to-make-sure-prisoners-dont-collect-unemployment-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Flickr User mikecogh</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin McArdle]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Your Tax Dollars Going to Prison Inmates for Government Benefits [AUDIO]</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/your-tax-dollars-going-to-prison-inmates-for-government-benefits-audio/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 09:30:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Just when you thought you've already heard every conceivable way the state can abuse your tax dollars comes a new audit from the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC). <a href="https://nj1015.com/your-tax-dollars-going-to-prison-inmates-for-government-benefits-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just when you thought you&apos;ve already heard every conceivable way the state can abuse your tax dollars comes a new audit from the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC). <a href="https://nj1015.com/your-tax-dollars-going-to-prison-inmates-for-government-benefits-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Flickr User Miss_Millions</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin McArdle]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Scathing Report on Benefits</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/nj-inmates-get-millions-they-dont-deserve-comptroller-says/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 16:07:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[New Jersey spent millions of dollars to provide unemployment benefits, Medicaid coverage and food assistance to people who didn’t qualify for that government help because they were in prison at the time. That’s the key finding in a blistering new audit released this morning by the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC). <a href="https://nj1015.com/nj-inmates-get-millions-they-dont-deserve-comptroller-says/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[New Jersey spent millions of dollars to provide unemployment benefits, Medicaid coverage and food assistance to people who didn&CloseCurlyQuote;t qualify for that government help because they were in prison at the time. That&CloseCurlyQuote;s the key finding in a blistering new audit released this morning by the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC). <a href="https://nj1015.com/nj-inmates-get-millions-they-dont-deserve-comptroller-says/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin McArdle]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Initiative Seeks To Redirect Minor Juvenile Offenders [AUDIO]</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/initiative-seeks-to-redirect-minor-juvenile-offenders-audio/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In Hunterdon County, a new initiative targets first-time minor juvenile offenders for a special program to redirect their thinking and behavior. <a href="https://nj1015.com/initiative-seeks-to-redirect-minor-juvenile-offenders-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In Hunterdon County, a new initiative targets first-time minor juvenile offenders for a special program to redirect their thinking and behavior. <a href="https://nj1015.com/initiative-seeks-to-redirect-minor-juvenile-offenders-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Cutter]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>NJ Criminals Could Avoid Jail For Petty Offenses</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/nj-criminals-could-avoid-jail-for-petty-offenses/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:00:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A bill that would create a conditional dismissal program in municipal court similar to existing supervisory treatment programs has been cleared by an Assembly committee. <a href="https://nj1015.com/nj-criminals-could-avoid-jail-for-petty-offenses/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A bill that would create a conditional dismissal program in municipal court similar to existing supervisory treatment programs has been cleared by an Assembly committee. <a href="https://nj1015.com/nj-criminals-could-avoid-jail-for-petty-offenses/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2012/01/prisoncell.jpg?format=natural"/>
      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Flickr User Miss_Millions</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin McArdle]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Violent Defendants All Get Bail In New Jersey [AUDIO]</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/violent-defendants-all-get-bail-in-new-jersey-audio/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:52:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Thugs with histories of violence could be living next door to you and your kids. <a href="https://nj1015.com/violent-defendants-all-get-bail-in-new-jersey-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thugs with histories of violence could be living next door to you and your kids. <a href="https://nj1015.com/violent-defendants-all-get-bail-in-new-jersey-audio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2012/05/police.jpg?format=natural"/>
      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Flickr User myfuture.com</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin McArdle]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Cartoon Network, Tuition, And Bad Boys (And Girls)</title>
      <link>https://nj1015.com/cartoon-network-tuition-and-bad-boys-and-girls/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:59:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Admittedly, that's a strange combination, but it all comes down to the New Jersey taxpayer. You and me. <a href="https://nj1015.com/cartoon-network-tuition-and-bad-boys-and-girls/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Admittedly, that&apos;s a strange combination, but it all comes down to the New Jersey taxpayer. You and me. <a href="https://nj1015.com/cartoon-network-tuition-and-bad-boys-and-girls/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Allen]]></dc:creator>
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