Katal in the News

Days after inmate dies due to COVID-19, family speaks out about prison conditions inside As of December 9, there have been 10 inmates that have died due to COVID-19 By […]

CT hasn’t commuted a single prisoner’s sentence since before the pandemic. Advocates say it’s time to change. By Kelan Lyons via CT Mirror | November 30. 2020 As COVID-19 drags […]

The cruelty of parole in New York By District Attorneys Darcel Clark, Eric Gonzalez, and Cy Vance, Jr. via Daily News | November 19, 2020 For a long time, conventional wisdom […]

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…