Feds find that prison officials put kids in punitive solitary confinement, provide inadequate mental health and special education services.
Manson Youth Institution
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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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CT Child Advocate report: Adult prison system is no place for minors
The adult prison system is not an appropriate place for minors, according to the Office of the Child Advocate.
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To protect its residents, Manson Youth Institution adapts for COVID-19
There are six youths considered “medically compromised” who are currently incarcerated at the Cheshire prison.
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As feds eye treatment of juveniles at Manson Youth Institution, its adult population falls
The number of young adults at Manson fell by 42% after the Department of Correction closed two units at the Cheshire facility this year and transferred those inmates to other prisons.
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Officials weigh massive changes in juvenile justice system
State officials will weigh a recommendation to create a new state agency for minors in the juvenile justice system.
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Scathing report on conditions for imprisoned youth
The Office of the Child Advocate released a scathing report Wednesday morning on the substandard conditions in state facilities for imprisoned and detained youth and called for an overhaul of the system.
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DOC commissioner sued twice in a week over prisoners’ health care
The commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Correction was sued twice this week, an indication of persistent concerns about the quality of medical care being provided to inmates. The most recent lawsuit, filed Thursday, alleges that a 19-year-old man died after he repeatedly asked for medical attention he never received. A second, a class action lawsuit, claims the department has refused to provide life-saving treatment to those incarcerated with hepatitis C.
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A prison experiments with the young, the reckless and neuroscience
CHESHIRE — Warden Scott Erfe once asked a 20-year-old inmate with a habit of assaulting prison classroom staff, “What is your malfunction?” He is about to host a project to test the notion that pretty much every 18-to-25-year-old inmate has a malfunction: a brain that doesn’t mature until 25.