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A New York State Supreme Court justice has ordered Nassau County to appoint a seven-member committee to oversee the Nassau County Correctional Center.
The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed in March 2012 by the New York Civil Liberties Union, which said it had received hundreds of complaints from inmates about poor conditions and treatment at the jail.
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By David Weingrad
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4/24/13
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The New York State Commission of Correction recently released a report on the suicide of Bartholomew Ryan, a 32-year-old East Meadow resident and an Iraq war veteran who hanged himself with a bedsheet in his cell at the Nassau County Correctional Facility in February 2012, less than 24 hours after he was incarcerated.
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By David Weingrad
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4/10/13
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Hurricane Sandy continued its long 15-mile-per-hour march up the East Coast on Monday morning, starting to turn to the left and aiming for the Delaware-New Jersey shoreline, as predicted, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla.
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By David Weingrad and Scott Brinton
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10/29/12
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Nassau County created an independent Board of Visitors in 1990 to oversee and reform the Nassau County Correctional Center. Since its creation, however, the panel has never been fully staffed or functional.
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By Shannon Koehle
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3/29/12
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The Nassau County Sheriff Officers Association held a press conference in front of the Correctional Center on March 2 to highlight safety problems at the facility.
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By Shannon Koehle
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3/8/12
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Deputy Frank Milano’s friends remember him best for his uncanny impressions of characters from Italian-themed movies like “Good Fellas” and “The Godfather.” He was easygoing, loved making people laugh and didn’t let himself or others get bogged down by stressful situations, despite a career that was full of them.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/20/11
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Robert Zafonte, longtime president of the East Meadow Civic Association, surrendered to authorities on Monday as scheduled at the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola.
Zafonte, 65, was …
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by Mike Caputo
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2/9/11
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A police officer and a corrections officer were recently assaulted in East Meadow.
On Sept. 24, a Roslyn man accused of allegedly running a ponzi adoption scheme was arrested last week …
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10/6/10
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Detectives said a Bethpage man committed suicide in his cell at the Nassau County Correctional Center in East Meadow on Tuesday night.
According to Homicide Squad detective, Gasparino Godino, …
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Mike Caputo
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10/6/10
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Corrections officer Kim Wolfe pled not guilty on Wednesday morning in Nassau County Court to several murder, assault, kidnapping and weapons charges.
Wolfe, who worked in the Nassau County …
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Mike Caputo
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7/21/10
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