Officials are 'lifting the veil of secrecy' on abuse, DOC head says at oversight meeting.
, state officials on Friday outlined a raft of reforms enacted under a federal monitor at the scandal-plagued Edna Mahan Correctional Facility.
Then, while under federal monitoring, a group of officers, led by some prison officials, staged a middle-of-the-night raid on a special housing unit where several women said they were severely beaten. Edna Mahan has a new board of trustees and has revamped trauma counseling and other services for the women housed there.
Officials at Friday’s hearing had no new information on when Edna Mahan will be shut down, as Murphy promised last June.
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