State religious leaders, prominent voices in the push for police accountability, hope the bill before lawmakers passes.
Gary A. Winfield
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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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Lamont’s criminal justice plans: wiping some records, cheaper prison phone calls
Limited in scope, officials say the Clean Slate bill, which would automatically expunge some low-level criminal records after a waiting period, is a foundation that can be built on in future sessions.
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Without dissent, Senate passes police shootings bill
One state senator’s quiet negotiations with police chiefs and officers led to the unanimous passage Wednesday night of police accountability legislation drafted in response to the police shootings of motorists in New Haven and Wethersfield.
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National unrest sharpens CT’s focus on police-community trust
Despite enacting some of the country’s most progressive police reforms, Connecticut still faces the same questions other states do about whether police are doing enough to enforce the law effectively without infringing on the civil rights of minorities, and if they are doing enough to build trust with their communities.
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Legislators press DCF: Do your juvenile jails work?
Fourteen months have passed since Jennie was violently taken down from behind as she walked from one end of the state-run jail for girls to the other. On Thursday, concerned lawmakers on the legislative panel that oversees juvenile justice wanted to know: Where is Jennie now, and how is she doing? And do the jails, which house juveniles convicted of a crime, improve their behavior after they leave?