Sheriff Oxley visits Camp Evans  July 30, 2002  Source: Monmouth County Sheriff's Office Press Release August 1, 2002

Infoage Director and founder Lawrence Tormey,  second from left, thanks Sheriff Oxley, Guard John Thompson and Program Coordinator Medora Morris for the excellent assistance the labor  program has provided Infoage.

Wall, NJ - Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley, with the help of some Monmouth County inmates, is working to restore one of New Jersey's most important historical sites, the Information Age Learning Center's (IALC) Marconi Hotel and Diana Radar site in Wall Township, New Jersey. A work crew from the Monmouth County Sheriffs Office Inmate Labor Program will clear. shrubbery and debris from the Marconi Station and the Diana Radar site. The inmate laborers will also paint a security fence around the Diana Radar site. In total, work crews between three and five inmates will provide approximately 200 hours of service to clean and repair the facility.

The IALC is on the Federal Register of National Historic Sites and has been designated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in the Top Ten New Jersey Endangered Historic Sites. The Marconi Station at New Jersey's Twin Lights was the site of the first wireless telegraph transmission by Guglielmo Marconi in September of 1899. The work project will take place from July 29th to August 1 st.

"I am honored to provide needed resources to this important historical site through the Inmate Labor Program," Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley said. "Monmouth County citizens will be able to enjoy tours of a nationally important location refurbished at a considerable tax
savings."

 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. Participation in the Inmate Labor Program is completely voluntary. Inmates enrolled in the program participate in the work projects as an alternative to spending their time in jail. Only offenders incarcerated for minor offenses, with records of good behavior, may be enrolled.

Requests for Inmate Labor teams are made to the Program Coordinator, Medora Morris, and are evaluated as to the need and feasibility of the project. Then work crews are assigned based upon the scale and scope of the project. Inmate assignments to the Labor Program are made by the courts. The Sheriff's Office transports and provides for the security of the inmate crews. Inmate labor teams have tackled every type of project imaginable, from painting and carpentry, to restoring a Civil War era cemetery.

For more information, contact Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley at (732) 294-5901 or log onto http://www.visitmonmouth.com/sheriff/

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