Katal in the News

NY Law Journal: Legislators Call for Renewed Focus on NY Prisons Amid Pandemic via Law.com State Assembly Correction Chair David I. Weprin and Crime and Corrections Chair Luis Sepúlveda will [&hellip…

Racial disparities persist in CT prisons, even as the population dropped Jordan Fenster via CT Insider | Oct. 16, 2020 More than 42 percent of people in Connecticut’s prison system are Black, a […

Criminal Justice and Election Discussed at E2020 Speaker Series Event by Olivia Drake via Wesleyan University| October 5, 2020 The E2020 Speaker Series features an array of public figures from diver…

After two sessions, no legislation on prison conditions leaves advocates frustrated by Kelan Lyons via CT Mirror | September 29, 2020 The day before lawmakers are to gavel in their second special [&…

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…