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For nearly thirty years, the state of Connecticut has wreaked harm upon our residents. Once people finish their sentence, they should have the same opportunity to support themselves and their families as...
Connecticut is the only state where the DOC oversees and operates its own system. DOC’s abject failure to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in prisons further exposed the department’s general inability to...
House Bill 5483 is an insidious attempt to eliminate the nascent Public Act 21-17, a narrowly tailored law that addresses documented6 instances of deceptive advertising by CPCs. House Bill 5483 is designed...
House Bill 5414 is essential to defending the constitutional right to an abortion and to protecting our healthcare providers. The bill seeks to prevent Connecticut courts from cooperating with a lawsuit or...
We have significant concerns with House Bill 5074 because it unnecessarily invests additional money in policing, rather than funding social support services that will actually address the cause of crime....
Black and Latinx people are disproportionately affected by policing and the criminal legal system, which includes surveillance by police. Senate Bill 435 is particularly concerning because it removes the...