Brighter future plotted for sites of two youth jails slated for closure

Two youth jails New Jersey officials in 2017 slated to close are to be replaced by three smaller lockups that look and function more like schools.

By: Dana DiFilippo

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: January 15, 2026

Words: 616

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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New Jersey officials have released recommendations for how the state should repurpose two jails for law-breaking youth, even though the jails remain open nearly a decade after the state first vowed to close them.

Former Gov. Chris Christie in 2017 ordered the closure of the New Jersey Training School in Monroe, a 200-bed facility for boys in Monroe, and the Female Secure Care and Intake Facility, a 48-bed facility known as Hayes in …

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