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Today, I had a conversation with the first deputy superintendent of this facility. I asked her what her thoughts were about my proposal to start a program here, that was similar to TRUE. She said they weren't looking to expand the programming. I wasn't surprised. New York State Prisons are among the most reactionary in the nation. As a point of reminder, TRUE is a program at the Cheshire Correctional Institution in Connecticut where prisoners under 25 years old are housed together with a few older prisoners who run the unit and mentor them. The program has been successful in curbing prison violence. The TRUE unit hasn't had a single fight, and virtually no other incidents since it's been open, unlike the rest of the facility. It's a no brainer for Great Meadow to have a similar program here. In the last two months, the number of violent altercations at this facility has increased and have involved mostly young prisoners. The first DEP told me she was surprised that for a max, Great Meadow seemed to have a lot