VIDEO: Sheriff Golden’s department gets honorable mention on O’Reilly Factor

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Shaun Golden
Shaun Golden

Monmouth Sheriff and GOP Chairman Shaun Golden is starting to make waves in state politics, Save Jerseyans, but it’s his day job that attracted the attention of Bill O’Reilly this Wednesday; the Fox News superstar who hosts the cable news giant’s #1 rated show, The O’Reilly Factor, highlighted Monmouth County as one of a handful of counties in America putting inmates to work.

According to the Sheriff Department’s website, “Over the past year, inmates involved in the Labor Program have worked 19,799 hours in 38 municipalities throughout the county, resulting in an estimated savings of more than $109,764 for Monmouth County taxpayers.”

Monmouth’s program is voluntary but non-violent offenders eligible due to good behavior records and relatively minimal criminal histories prefer, unsurprisingly, working outside the jail than sitting in a cell.

Click here (or watch below) for the segment:

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3 Comments

  1. It should be this way for ALL of NJ. I drive to Piscataway every day for work and 287 is littered with trash. Plastic bags are even hanging in the trees along the highway. Why not use non-violent inmates to clean up the sides of ALL our roadways? They shouldn’t be getting free room and board and meals for committing crimes.

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