The measure is a result of a yearslong effort to ease the burdens the formerly incarcerated face after they serve their sentences.
Jessica Bravo
Jessica is CT Mirror’s reporting intern for the 2022 spring semester. She is currently a junior at Central Connecticut State University pursuing her bachelor’s degree in journalism. Within the journalism program, she concentrates in print and online journalism. She also works at her school’s newspaper, The Recorder, and peer mentors first-year undergraduates at Central. Jessica is a Connecticut native through and through.
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Lamont offers support of bipartisan juvenile crime bill
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CT narrowly votes to advance bill inspired by Bridgeport police inaction
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ACLU voices support for key criminal justice reforms
The ACLU is supporting bills this year that would end solitary confinement and prohibit the use of deceptive interrogation tactics in CT.
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$3.7M grant announced for renovation of former Hartford factory
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CT lawmakers consider bills to ease burden of student debt
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New Britain pilot program aims to reduce child trauma from violence
The program, billed as a long-term effort to reduce crime, will connect kids who have been exposed to trauma with treatment options.
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Blumenthal applauds nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to high court
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson exemplifies the core values of the Democratic party.
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Lamont appoints DuBois-Walton to lead CT State Board of Education
Lamont first appointed Karen DuBois-Walton, of New Haven, to serve as a member of the board in June 2020.