In addition, Mr. Greenbaum said, New Jersey contracts are usually signed before the purchaser conducts his or her inspections.
In nearly 40percentt of her inspections in four years, she found that regulated items were missing or that the recipient would not cooperate.
The Prison Service launched an investigation after the chief inspector of prisons, Dame Anne Owers, said she had received information the two jails were transferring difficult prisoners before her inspections in an attempt to ensure they received positive reports.
Even in her 90's, Mrs. Wallace continued her inspections of the company grounds from her limousine and wheelchair, said retired Reader's Digest employees who gathered recently for a holiday reunion at a restaurant in Brewster.
After her experience with Arthurdale and her inspections of New Deal programs in Southern states, she concluded that New Deal programs were discriminating against African-Americans, who received a disproportionately small share of relief moneys.
