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Terri Ricks, an advocate for the ACLU of Connecticut, embraces Virgilio Rosario, the brother of a Connecticut state representative, embrace each other in a hallway of the Connecticut State Capitol Building. They are gripping hands. Both look emotional and joyful.
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Prioritizing reentry from prison will boost CT’s economy, report says

Avatar photo by Jaden Edison August 22, 2023 @ 5:30 pmAugust 24, 2023 @ 12:01 pm

A new report recommends that Connecticut implement policies to help people leaving incarceration fill the void caused by the workforce shortage.

Gates aligned the exterior of MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution.
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As omicron spreads, CT’s prison system isn’t spared

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons January 7, 2022 @ 5:00 amJanuary 26, 2023 @ 10:31 pm

More than 1,000 Department of Correction employees and 600 incarcerated people have the virus.

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Data show decrease in prison sex abuse reports, but survivors say fear and ambivalence persist

by W. Tanner Bryant and Jodie Mozdzer Gil | C-HIT October 4, 2021 @ 2:00 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 1:04 am

Reports of prison rape have decreased over time, from 182 in 2015 to 94 in 2019, but the problem persists.

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With solitary confinement bill vetoed, hopes dashed for return of ombudsman

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons August 1, 2021 @ 5:00 amJune 30, 2022 @ 5:01 pm

Connecticut had a prison ombudsman for 37 years. The PROTECT Act would have staffed the office. Then Lamont vetoed it.

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Seeking to protect the incarcerated, federal judge rejects Hepatitis C prison lawsuit settlement

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons May 17, 2021 @ 5:51 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:56 am

The judge said that a broad section of the agreement could have prevented prisoners from suing for any reason.

A sign that says "End Torture," with an illustration of a prisoner sitting in a cell alone.
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Writing from their prison cells, the incarcerated submit testimony about their time in solitary confinement

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons March 22, 2021 @ 3:23 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:52 am

One man wrote from his cell at Northern that solitary confinement is a “prison system within a prison system.”

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State to close only ‘supermax’ prison, Northern Correctional Institution

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons February 8, 2021 @ 12:34 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:49 am

Northern’s dwindling population and extreme “supermax” model made it a natural choice for closure.

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Lawsuit seeks to keep prisoners with mental illness out of Northern Correctional

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons February 4, 2021 @ 12:07 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:47 am

Claim: Solitary confinement and in-cell shackling amounts to discrimination against prisoners with mental illnesses

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Michael Ferrigon had asthma and diabetes. The state transferred him to the prison with the most COVID deaths.

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Dave Altimari and Kelan Lyons January 28, 2021 @ 8:20 amJuly 25, 2022 @ 2:57 pm

Many who died of COVID in prison were serving life sentences. But none of them was sentenced to death.

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Advocates call for closure of Northern Correctional, reinvestment in community supports

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons January 19, 2021 @ 4:53 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:48 am

The coalition says the $19 million spent annually to run the prison can help provide housing services and employment.

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COVID-19 leads to more ‘discretionary releases’ from prison, but advocates say it’s not enough

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Kelan Lyons and Kasturi Pananjady December 23, 2020 @ 5:00 amNovember 15, 2022 @ 11:44 am

How has the incarcerated population reached such historic lows during the pandemic?

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Panel monitoring response to COVID pandemic finds most people in prisons and jails are wearing masks

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons December 10, 2020 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:47 am

The group proposed extending its work to the end of March 2021 so they can monitor testing and vaccine distribution.

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State settles lawsuit with woman who delivered her baby in a prison toilet

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Kelan Lyons and Jenna Carlesso December 1, 2020 @ 3:01 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:44 am

The state attorney general’s office refused Tuesday to disclose the amount of the settlement it reached with Tianna Laboy.

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DOC emails show officials were aware of prison health care problems years before taking over from UConn

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons November 13, 2020 @ 9:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:41 am

Top prison officials were so concerned about the shortcomings they privately assembled a team to improve inmate health care.

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Lamont names Angel Quiros as next DOC commissioner

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons September 2, 2020 @ 10:30 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:39 am

A 30-year Department of Correction employee, Quiros has been interim commissioner since July 1.

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