A 31-year veteran of the agency, Quiros pledges to close prisons and improve technology in prisons and jails.
Kelan Lyons
Kelan is a Report For America Corps Member who covers the intersection of mental health and criminal justice for CT Mirror. Before joining CT Mirror, Kelan was a staff writer for City Weekly, an alt weekly in Salt Lake City, Utah, and a courts reporter for The Bryan-College Station Eagle, in Texas. He is originally from Philadelphia.
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After two sessions, no legislation on prison conditions leaves advocates frustrated
More than 1,500 inmates have tested positive for COVID, and, they say, long-standing systemic issues also need to be addressed,
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FBI report: Connecticut has nation’s second-largest drop in violent crime in 2019
Drops in burglaries and property crime were also among the biggest reductions in the country.
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DOC’s latest COVID results: a 3% positive rate among inmates
The positive rate dropped six percentage points compared to the first round of mass testing
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Amid a reckoning on police violence, Criminal Justice Commission deadlocks on inspector general nomination
It’s not clear what happens next.
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Three branches of government, united for a common goal: reducing the number of children in adult prison
Most of the youth in adult prisons are children of color, and many have mental health needs.
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DOC will stop sending COVID-positive inmates to Northern Correctional Institution
The Department of Correction will stop sending symptomatic inmates to Northern Correctional Institution, marking a significant shift in its pandemic response.
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Law enforcement must change its approach to people with disabilities, parents tell Police Task Force
Police relations with people with psychiatric, developmental and intellectual disabilities have been a common concern.
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Competency exams are being used in more criminal cases, even as criminal court dockets shrink
Courts’ use of competency exams increased while the criminal docket shrunk between 2015 and 2019.
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Systemic understaffing, mental illness stigma played role in prison birth, lawsuit alleges
Supporters gather to demand Attorney General William Tong address wrongs done to York Correctional Inmate Tianna Laboy.
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Lamont names Angel Quiros as next DOC commissioner
A 30-year Department of Correction employee, Quiros has been interim commissioner since July 1.
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In an election emphasizing absentee ballots, state officials stepping up to help prisoners vote
More than 2,000 incarcerated people are eligible to vote. This year, state officials are helping them cast their ballots.
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COVID, cash bail and ‘drive-by therapy’: a deadly combination
The recent suicide of Daniel Ocasio highlights overlapping problems in the criminal justice system during COVID: mental health and bail.
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State police union sues Connecticut over police accountability bill
The union argues pending Freedom of Information requests will cause “immediate and irreparable harm” if certain documents are released.
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State school board plots path for local districts’ decision to reopen
Three levels of risk are to inform decisions to open schools in person, remotely or with a hybrid model.
