Politics + Foreign Policy / WPRB News Former Programs
Tags: airport security, Aku Ammah-Tagoe, Flora Thomson-Deveaux, haisong jiang, Homeland Security, national security, Nikki Leon, rosy yang, The Dispatch, travel
May 24, 2010
In January 2010, a graduate student named Haisong Jiang crossed a Newark Airport security line in order to say goodbye to his girlfriend one last time. In March, he pleaded guilty to defiant trespass. His punishment? Community service and a $500 fine (plus court fees). A bill to tighten airport security is now advancing through the New Jersey Legislature.
We wanted the story straight from Jiang. Rosy Yang reports.
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In New Jersey, the re-arrest (recidivism) rate for adult offenders is about 55%. We’ve got a lot of people ending up in jail more than once here—about 31% of all adult prisoners.
Who do these numbers represent? We look at one prisoner from Atlantic City to learn more. Tasnim Shamma reports.
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