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Could Prison Violence Happen in NH?

By John Milne on Thursday, October 30, 2003.

Prison management has become a high-profile issue in New England.

New Hampshire legislators say mismanagement and inattention led to a June 4 prison escape in Concord.

This week Massachusetts lawmakers began asking how a defrocked priest could be killed behind bars.

New Hampshire?s top prison official says that despite all precautions, prison violence could happen here.

But prisoners aren?t the only ones at risk. Some New Hampshire sex offenders are jailed and released without any rehabilitation.

N-H-P-R correspondent John Milne reports:

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Hampton Toll Experiment is Over...For Now.

By Roger Wood on Thursday, October 30, 2003.

An experiment launched late this summer at the Hampton Tolls booths on Interstate 95 may become a permanent solution to traffic backups.

As New Hampshire Public Radio Correspondent Roger Wood reports, Governor Craig Benson is backing permanent one way tolls collected only Northbound.

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