Failure to provide prison, jail or correctional facilities
N.J. Stat. § 59:5-1
in effectNeither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to provide a prison, jail or penal or correctional facility, or if such facility is provided, for failure to provide sufficient equipment, personnel or facilities in a prison or other correction facility. L.1972, c. 45, s. 59:5-1.
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