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New York City Department of Correction Attempts to Humanize Prisoners
Loaded on Feb. 4, 2020
by Kevin Bliss
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2020, page 59
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by Kevin Bliss
New York City Department of Correction (DOC) Chief of Department Hazel Jennings issued an order to all employees on October 8, 2019 that “prohibited [referring] to persons in ... custody using terms such as i.e. packages, bodies, etc.,” in a move intended to create a more humane ...
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