Garden State Youth Correctional Facility: What It Is, Who It Holds, and Why It Gets So Much Attention

Garden State Youth Correctional Facility sounds like a juvenile lockup. It is not. It is a New Jersey state prison for young adult men, not a youth detention center for minors. It sits in Crosswicks, in Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, and it has long played a special role in the state system because it serves…