More than 1,000 Department of Correction employees and 600 incarcerated people have the virus.
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Federal investigators: Conditions at youth prison violate children’s constitutional rights
Feds find that prison officials put kids in punitive solitary confinement, provide inadequate mental health and special education services.
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Coming soon: Data on police officers’ use of force in Connecticut
The data will help show how police use force, along with the demographics of those who are subjected to it.
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A cancer patient was sent to prison for DUI. Two months later, he was dead from COVID.
William Lamprecht told his sentencing judge, “I’m immunocompromised, you know. I’m 62 years old. It’s just a little scary.”
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Cox granted compassionate release, one month after commutation
Originally serving 75 years for several violent crimes, Cox could have died in prison if his sentence hadn’t been commuted.
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CT’s strict vaccine mandate for medical staff doesn’t apply to prisons
Over 600 corrections employees can test weekly in lieu of being vaccinated against COVID-19, a CT Mirror analysis has found.
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As Congress moves to change military sexual assault prosecutions, attacks continue to haunt survivors
Congress is poised to take action that would put the responsibility for prosecuting sexual assault cases on independent military lawyers.
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A ‘double red zone’: Alarms raised at many universities over sexual assault reports
Students around the country have protested their schools’ handling of sexual assault as more are on campus after pandemic-disrupted years.
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Inquiry underway over top prosecutor’s hiring of budget official’s daughter
Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo Jr. says his hiring of a state budget official’s daughter is under review.
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Youth prison on partial lockdown since Nov. 19 to stop COVID-19 spread
The lockdown at Manson has advocates worried that incarcerated youth aren’t getting the services they need – or being vaccinated.
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Supreme Court indicates it could eliminate a core element of Roe v. Wade
The justices appeared starkly divided on whether to uphold the protections guaranteed by Roe v. Wade,
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Crime on Connecticut college campuses drops 29% in 2020; pandemic credited
Decline is the steepest in years. and includes a 42% drop in sexual offenses.
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He spent 30 years in prison in CT for murder. Soon, he could be released.
Now there is a path to freedom for Michael Cox, who spent 30 years in prison for murder and assault.
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Alex Jones liable for defamation in Sandy Hook ‘hoax’ case
The case moves now to a jury to decide what damages Jones owes the families.
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Parole board votes to give 11 prisoners commutation hearings
Many given a hearing have been in prison for longer than they were alive at the time of their crimes.