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Article: ERIE COUNTY RESPONDS TO BASELESS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 14, 2009
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BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 11 -- The Erie County Executive issued the following press release:
Erie County Attorney Cheryl A. Green has submitted a letter, on behalf of Erie County, strongly refuting the baseless allegations leveled by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ). In an effort to protect Erie County taxpayers from having to spend countless dollars on unnecessary and non-mandated services and programs, Erie County has refused to allow the DOJ into the Erie County Holding Center and Erie County Correctional Facility on a undefined fishing expedition.
In her letter, Green maintains that Erie County is providing the appropriate level of care and highlights the fact ...