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Union County Jail Closing, Transferring Inmates To Essex In Move To Save $103M Union County Jail Closing, Transferring Inmates To Essex In Move To Save $103M
Union County Jail Closing, Transferring Inmates To Essex In Move To Save $103M The Union County Jail will be closing its Elizabeth facility and transferring its inmates to the Essex County Jail in Newark -- saving the county more than $103 million. Effective July 1, inmate housing will cease and the Elizabeth facility will begin operating only a hub to intake, process, temporarily detain and transport prisoners to the Essex County Jail.  Shuttle buses will also be available to transport those wishing to visit prisoners in Essex County. County officials decided to pursue the agreement as the number of prisoners housed at the jail have fallen nearly 67 percen…

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