N.J. Prison Chief Willing to Rock Boat ; but Push for Change Runs Into Resistance

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Devon Brown came to New Jersey with hopes of transforming the state's prison system into a shining model for the entire nation.

His academic credentials are impressive: two master's degrees, a law degree, a fellowship at Harvard's prestigious Kennedy School of Government and 30 years of experience in correctional institutions - some as a psychologist working with troubled youth offenders.

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N.J. Prison Chief Willing to Rock Boat ; but Push for Change Runs Into Resistance

However, not long after becoming New Jersey's corrections commissioner, Brown found himself facing a number of obstacles.

"He was an outsider," said Jasper R. Clay Jr., the former vice chairman of the U.S. Parole...

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