Governor responds to prison safety concerns; Correction Officers Ask for more PPE “As of this afternoon, our overall population count has dropped by 727 since

State ACLU Files Suit To Protect State Prison Inmates By John Voket via the Newton Bee   Twelve days after the State Department of Corrections reported

calls to release some inmates grows louder by Lisa Backus via CT News Junkie | Mar 28, 2020   HARTFORD, CT — Joshua Frazer said Thursday his brother’s

Prison reform advocates call on Gov. Lamont to release some prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak BY JONATHAN SHUGARTS REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN via Republican American March 26, 2020    

Coronavirus should drive state lawmakers to pass parole act: Lippman Commission By CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS via Daily News   The commission that backed the push to Close

new haven register: hundreds call for release from prisons to protect inmates from coronavirus Hundreds call for release from prisons to protect inmates from coronavirus

A criminal record should not be a lifetime sentence; that’s why we need the clean slate law By ASTI JACKSON and PHIL KENT via Hartford Courant   Last

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Proposals to ease post-prison transitions en route to lawmakers this session by Kelan Lyons via CT Mirror | February 14, 2020   Members of a task force studying