Katal in the News

Analysis: COVID is killing more minority kids Jordan Fenster via CT Post | Sep. 16, 2020 Here’s the bad news: The vast majority of kids (defined as people younger than 21 years old), […]

Criminal Justice Reform and the 2020 Elections September 11, 2020 This E2020 event will feature a panel of Wesleyan alum and community leaders (Alicia Hernandez Strong ’16, Julian Adler ’02, [&hel…

RESEARCHERS ARE FURIOUS THAT COVID PRISONER DATA IS BEING USED TO MISLEAD Manipulated research would have you believe the exact opposite of what scientists found.   MISINFORMATION HAS WALKED HAND…

Judge Approves COVID-19 Connecticut Prison Lawsuit Settlement Over Inmate Objections By KELAN LYONS via CTMIRROR.ORG | July 22, 2020 Over the objections of more than 400 inmates, a U.S. district c…

What we can learn from Rayshard Brooks: Reform of parole and probation is just as important as police By VINCENT SCHIRALDI via NEW YORK DAILY NEWS JUNE 26, 2020 Just a few months […]

Families renew call for action after test results from Somers prison Of 339 tests of asymptomatic inmates, 105 came back positive; families say inmates are not being treated like human […]

‘We didn’t sign up for this’: Not essential during a storm but essential now Jordan Fenster via New Haven Register | May 14, 2020 Rohan Trevon Brown works for the state Department…

Activists Press “Harm Reduction” Response To Covid-19 by THOMAS BREEN via The New Haven Independent | May 8, 2020 Town and gown advocates for the incarcerated, sex workers, drug users, and the…

Federal judge denies state request to dismiss ACLU prison lawsuit The class-action suit requests mass prison releases in light of COVID-19 by KELAN LYONS via The CT Mirror | MAY 6, 2020 A federal…

Coronavirus cases triple in prisons, prompting new outrage By Kaitlyn Krasselt via The Middletown Press | Thursday, April 16, 2020 As confirmed cases of coronavirus surge among staff and inmates in…