Jun
22
Probe pushes prison’s hires into spotlight
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By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN Palm Beach Post Staff Writer When the state’s only maximum-security prison for girls hired Jason Crawford in August 2001, he had a high school diploma and some experience with juvenile offenders. He was 23, only a few years older than the troubled girls he was paid $8.50 an hour to supervise and [...]