N.J. agrees to pay almost $21 million to settle sexual abuse claims at women’s prison
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Protestors gathered outside the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton on March 27, 2021 after new allegations of abuse emerged.Keith A. Muccilli | For NJ Advance Media
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New Jersey has agreed to pay almost $21 million to several women who said they were sexually abused while incarcerated at New Jersey’s only women’s prison and to other former inmates, officials announced Wednesday.
The agreement still needs approval from a state Superior Court. If that happens, money will also be set aside for former prisoners who have not yet come forward with claims of abuse, said Oliver Barry, an attorney representing women who filed civil lawsuits.
Your 2021 list of N.J. Democrats and Republicans clashing in primaries is now set. Here are the key races.
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It’s off to the races for this year’s Democratic and Republican primaries in New Jersey.
Candidates had to meet a Monday deadline to file petitions to run in the state’s June 8 primary elections. Now the fields are all set in a big election year with the governor’s office and all 120 seats in the state Legislature on the ballot, as well as numerous local races.
The primaries determine who wins the Democratic and Republican nominations to run in the Nov. 3 general election.
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