The next stage of vaccine distribution and administration, known as Phase 1B, could begin as early as this month.
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COVID-19 leads to more ‘discretionary releases’ from prison, but advocates say it’s not enough
How has the incarcerated population reached such historic lows during the pandemic?
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Prisoners will be in second round for COVID vaccine
State officials included prisoners in the second group to get the vaccine, heeding calls from advocates.
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Blumenthal, Murphy demand answers on spike in COVID-19 cases at Danbury prison
Sixty inmates and 50 staff members have contracted COVID-19 and one inmate has died at the low-security federal prison.
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ACLU of Connecticut sues Lamont, Cook to reduce the prison population to prevent the spread of COVID-19
“Once the virus comes in, it’s going to spread like wildfire,” said one of the incarcerated plaintiffs.
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Best of 2019: Casting a ballot from behind bars: No easy process
Former inmate Kennard Ray almost cried the first time he voted. It was a transformative experience he wants other former inmates to share.
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Casting a ballot from behind bars: No easy process
Former inmate Kennard Ray almost cried the first time he voted. It was a transformative experience he wants other former inmates to share.
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Sen. Osten asks Sentencing Commission to study mental illness in CT prisons
Osten believes identifying the number of mentally ill people who are incarcerated, and their treatment needs, will allow the state to keep people out of prison.
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Bill that would make prison phone calls free advances
Members of the Judiciary Committee denounced the state’s method of profiting off prison phone calls. Connecticut hauled in $7.7 million from the calls last year.
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CT civil rights panel seeks greater protections on solitary confinement
WASHINGTON — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a bill last month that reforms the practice of placing prisoners in solitary confinement, but the new law doesn’t go far enough for a state civil rights panel that says minority inmates are confined disproportionally.
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Feds plan early release for 32 prisoners from Connecticut, with more coming
WASHINGTON – Federal officials said Thursday that 32 inmates who had lived in Connecticut before their incarceration will have their sentences cut and be set free at the end of the month — part of the largest U.S. prisoner release in U.S. history.