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The Purdy Treatment Center for Women opened in 1971 with dormitory quarters for 162 women. [7] The first inmates were 92 transferees from the Washington State Penitentiary . In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the facility heightened its security level, building a 272-bed minimum-security prison facility in 1992, a 102-bed close-custody unit in ...
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development is designed to empower the Hispanic community of New Jersey by administering grant dollars and providing other assistance to Hispanic community-based organizations, creating training and employment opportunities for Hispanic college interns, conducting and supporting research on New Jersey's ...
As of that time there were no federal women's prisons left in the Northeast. [7] Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison writer Piper Kerman criticized the move in an op-ed in The New York Times. [14] A new $25 million women's facility was completed and began accepting female inmates in December 2016. [15]
Many New Jersey women attend the Pennsylvania Woman's Convention at West Chester in 1852. [9] 1853. John Pierpont discusses the early voting rights of women in New Jersey at the Women's Rights Convention in Rochester. [10] 1854. Henry Lafetra petitions the state legislature to declare women and men equal under the law. [11] 1857
Prudential Center is a multipurpose indoor arena in the central business district of Newark, New Jersey, United States.Opened in 2007, it is the home of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the New York Sirens of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
The Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) is a cancer treatment and research institution that is a part of Rutgers University and located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. CINJ is one of only 56 Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation designated by the National Cancer Institute and the only one in New Jersey located in the heart of New ...
Sergeantsville is a historic unincorporated community located within Delaware Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3]Sergeantsville was first settled by a Mr. Thatcher in 1700, and was later named for Charles Sergeant, an American Revolutionary War soldier, in honor of the Sergeant family of which three brothers were local shopkeepers.
Young Women's Hebrew Association (YWHA) was first established as an annex to the YMHA in 1888. [7] YWHA was founded to provide spiritual and material support for the young Jewish women who were moving to cities at the time. [8] YMHA helped young Jewish women find housing and employment. [8] Fannie Liebovitz was one of the founders. [9]