Respondents called for resuming family visits and releasing more people to spare them from catching the virus.
Connecticut Department of Correction
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Osborn Correctional nursing shortage even worse amid pandemic, union says
More than 20% of all health care vacancies in state correctional facilities are at Osborn.
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ACLU and state settles COVID-19 prison lawsuit
The Department of Correction has already instituted most of the agreement’s provisions, state officials said.
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State sees historically low number of arrests during COVID-19 shut down
Newly released data provides the most comprehensive look yet at how the virus has affected the state’s courts and prisons.
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Osborn prison on lockdown after 105 asymptomatic inmates test positive for COVID-19
About 1,060 people are currently incarcerated at the Somers prison.
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Before mass testing, Department of Correction tested about 6 percent of inmates for COVID-19
Of that symptomatic group, almost 83 percent tested positive. All inmates are to be tested by June, the DOC says.
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Department of Correction suspends showers for inmates in quarantine or medical isolation units
Authorities say the policy is intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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State to test everyone held in prisons, jails and psychiatric facilities for COVID-19
Officials aim to complete all the testing by the end of June.
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Inmates seeking compassionate release face laws not built for COVID-19
The virus lays bare the limitations sick inmates have in petitioning authorities for release from prison.
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State plans to increase testing capacities as death toll climbs
As Connecticut reported an additional 98 deaths Saturday, Gov. Ned Lamont said the state plans to increase testing capacity.
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State judge dismisses ACLU COVID-19 state lawsuit, hours before second inmate dies
A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to remove inmates from correctional facilities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
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‘I feel like I am just sitting here waiting to get sick’: behind bars during COVID-19
A peek behind the locked doors and barbed-wire gates as Connecticut’s incarcerated population weathers a COVID-19 outbreak.
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ACLU files class-action federal lawsuit to lower CT’s prison population during COVID-19
The ACLU, and now a group of Yale experts, contend the state is not releasing inmates fast enough to slow the sprread of coronavirus behind bars.
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Shifting plans and a COVID-19 outbreak at a Connecticut prison
“The facility is contaminated,” a Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center nursing supervisor wrote the DOC on April 6.
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First incarcerated person dies as COVID-19 spikes behind bars
Family members with incarcerated loved ones are amplifying their calls for the governor to release more people from Connecticut prisons.