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Alison, how does something like that happen? >> makes you wonder, right? if you ask the state comptroller, they'll tell you the millions of dollars paid mistakenly, that was just a simple oversight because state agencies failed to check applicant names against county and state prison data. they realized that the new jersey state comptroller's office did a big mistake and found state agencies made $23 million in improper payments to prisoners over a 22-month period. look at what this includes. more than $10 million paid in unemployment benefits. mind you, this is the prisoners. more than $5 mil...
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