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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.
Narrowed ‘clean slate’ bill wins final passage
The House passage puts the bill on the desk of a noncommittal governor.
Objections in House will force revisions to ‘clean slate’ bill
House and Senate Democrats are divided over the notion of who deserves a clean slate.
Despite pricey fiscal note, solitary confinement bill passes out of committee
The brief dialogue previewed the potential fight to get the bill passed through the House and Senate.
Senate OKs free phone calls from prisons
If the bill becomes law, Connecticut could become the first state to make all prison phone calls free.
Domestic violence and ‘clean slate’ bills pass Senate
The Senate passed bills that would protect survivors of domestic violence and automatically erase certain crimes from a person’s record.
Seeking to protect the incarcerated, federal judge rejects Hepatitis C prison lawsuit settlement
The judge said that a broad section of the agreement could have prevented prisoners from suing for any reason.
Senate votes to expand eligibility for compassionate parole from prison
Republicans unsuccessfully tried to strip the bill, citing concerns over victims and public safety.
Senate votes to end prison gerrymandering
The bill passed nearly unanimously. The lone dissenting vote came from the lawmaker with the most prisons in his legislative district.
CT House sends Inspector General bill to Gov. Lamont’s desk
The measure would allow civil rights attorneys and federal prosecutors to apply for the job. The current law only allows existing prosecutors to be the Inspector General.
Paris sworn into the CT House of Representatives
Rep. Corey P. Paris represents Stamford, occupying the seat formerly held by Sen. Patricia Billie Miller.
Desperate to stop epidemic of gun violence, CT lawmakers seek answers from experts
Shaken by the shooting death of a 3-year old in Hartford on April 10, Bridgeport Sen. Marilyn Moore convened experts from hospitals and communities working to prevent gun violence in Connecticut’s cities.
Lawsuit over solitary confinement in limbo as state pushes for mediation
Attorneys for prisoners want the lawsuit to go on while negotiations continue. A federal judge heard arguments Thursday.
As COVID-19 vaccine supply begins to outpace demand, Gov. Lamont asks business and labor for help
More than 60% of Connecticut residents 16 and older have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
CT lawmakers call for funding to stop ‘mass killing’ of Black and brown children
Lawmakers identified a $5 billion proposal by the Biden administration, and marijuana and sports-betting legalization efforts, as potential funding.