Tag: Bergen County Jail
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Living ‘Black’ in the United States of America
And living to tell the tales. Traffic was heavy on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights on my way home to Ridgewood, NJ, after work on Wednesday, which wasn’t exactly news. But, as I approached a stretch where Route 46 and Interstate 80 go over Route 17, traffic eased and I saw the reason why. Rubbernecking…
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INMATE-WITNESSES HARASSED? Advocacy Office Cites Retaliation Over Testimony
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, April 30, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B01 Inmates who have testified in the federal lawsuit that seeks to reduce overcrowding at the Bergen County Jail are being targeted for retaliation by state and county corrections authorities, the state Inmate Advocacy Office…
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BERGEN INMATE ASKS FACT FINDER FOR PROTECTION
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, April 29, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B03 A 27-year-old Bergen County Jail inmate on Tuesday asked to be moved to a state prison out of fear of violence from other inmates because corrections officers allegedly set him up to…
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INMATE WHO TRIED SUICIDE HOSPITALIZED
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, April 26, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A03 A 34-year-old Elizabeth woman was under observation at Bergen Pines County Hospital on Saturday after an apparent suicide attempt at the Bergen County Jail Annex. The woman, who was identified by Westwood…
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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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INMATE SUIT CHALLENGED; Case Against Bergen Jail Unproved, N.J. Says
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 11, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B05 The state has asked the federal judge presiding over a lawsuit by Bergen County Jail inmates to reduce overcrowding at the jail to dismiss the suit, arguing that the inmates failed to…
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PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE JAIL SUICIDES; Rate of Death `Out of Kilter,’ Fahy Says
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, March 5, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A01 Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy announced Wednesday that he would investigate the deaths of seven county jail inmates including four suicides during the past 11 months. Fahy said the investigation was…
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JAIL SITUATION IS DECRIED; Suicide is Linked to Poor Conditions
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, February 28, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B01 A state deputy public advocate on Thursday criticized procedures at the Bergen County Jail after a Passaic man accused of murder committed suicide in his cell. Robert Irving, 20, accused of killing…
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SLAYING SUSPECT KILLS SELF IN JAIL; Charged in Death of Lodi Woman
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, February 27, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B01 A Passaic man who was charged Tuesday with killing a Lodi grandmother committed suicide in the Bergen County Jail early Wednesday. Robert Irving, 20, the boyfriend of the victim’s 16-year-old granddaughter, was…
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INMATES BLAME FOOD FOR JAIL DISTURBANCE; Testify at Hearing on Class-Action Suit
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, February 8, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | Two Star B | NEWS | A03 Two Bergen County Jail inmates testified Friday that dissatisfaction with the jail’s food led to a hunger strike and a disturbance last month in which one prisoner was bitten three times…