Protesters gather at former CT Juvenile Training School, calling for state to ‘bulldoze’ building
By: Cassandra Day via The MiddleTown Press MIDDLETOWN — About 25 people gathered at the now closed Connecticut Juvenile Training School on River Road to protest against any school being located at the site of the former state-run prison for boys, calling for the building to be knocked down. The facility was closed in 2018. The issue came […]
Advocates want Middletown youth prison kept closed amid talks to reopen as a charter school
By: Molly Ingram via WSHU Public Radio Connecticut advocates want a former youth prison in Middletown to be demolished. They say children at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, which closed in 2018, were subjected to neglect and abuse. The state has considered repurposing the building multiple times. Most recently, Capital Preparatory submitted an application to […]
RELEASE: Community Groups, Impacted People, and Families Rally to Protect Bail Reform and Close Rikers
**PRESS RELEASE** February 28, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #CutShutInvestNY #CloseRikers | @katalcenter Community Groups, Impacted People, and Families Rally to Protect Bail Reform and Close Rikers Governor Hochul’s Retrograde to Rollback Bail Reform will Send More Legally Innocent People To Rikers, Most of Whom are Black, Brown, and Low-Income, and […]
