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Because Section 2 of Senate Bill 873 expands carceral lien recovery, we oppose this section vigorously and must ask this Committee to withhold its support from the bill until this language is changed or...
Because Section 2 of Senate Bill 873 expands carceral lien recovery, we oppose this section vigorously and must ask this Committee to withhold its support from the bill until this language is changed or...
Why criminal convictions should block innovators from bringing new services or products to market in Connecticut is unclear – probably because there is no articulable reason. If there are genuine concerns...
At the ACLU-CT, we know that prisons are not healthy places for anyone in them. This is not just true right now, in the midst of a global pandemic, but at all times. Because of prison conditions, prisons...
The ACLU-CT strongly supports removing barriers to the foundational cornerstone of our democracy: the right to vote. Right now, due to systemic inequities and barriers to access, the right to vote is...
Connecticut is making strides toward eliminating collateral consequences of criminal records, but to achieve this goal, the state cannot continue to impose new collateral consequences on people trying to...