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Mar 24, 2023

Children are vulnerable to deceptive tactics, especially when they are in the custody of the police.

No one, including children, should be imprisoned because police coerced them into a false confession. I teach my children, to be honest. Honesty promotes trust, fosters healthy and strong relationships, and...

By Brittany LaMarr

ACLUCT smart justice leader Brittany Lamar stands, smiling and facing the camera. She is wearing a blue people not prisons t-shirt and has long blond hair.

Mar 9, 2023

Workers support predictable schedules

When you can’t rely on stability in your job it makes it impossible to pay bills, plan for childcare, take care of your own health and well-being, and make plans for the future.

By Lori LeDonne

When you can’t rely on stability in your job it makes it impossible to pay bills, plan for childcare, take care of your own health and well-being, and make plans for the future.

By Lori LeDonne

ACLUCT Smart Justice leader Lori LeDonne stands, smiling and holding a "workers support predictable schedules" sign. She is wearing a blue people not prisons zip up sweatshirt

Mar 7, 2023

I have helped people gain their right to vote back. Let me tell you why it should not be taken away from them in the first place.

As a person, who has had my voting rights restored and exercises my right to vote I believe enfranchisement is an integral way for all Americans to participate in the democracy that governs them.

Anderson Curtis, ACLU of Connecticut ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut field organizer

Mar 7, 2023

It's time to allow incarcerated individuals to vote.

While I was incarcerated, I paid taxes yet never had representation here at the legislature. I developed a better understanding of our state government, how it worked, and the impact of its decisions while...

Gus Marks-Hamilton ACLU of Connecticut / ACLU-CT Smart Justice field organizer

Mar 3, 2023

No child should be in prison because police lied to them

No child should be imprisoned because police coerced them into a false confession. Right now, it’s legal for police in Connecticut to, during an interrogation, to lie to children about evidence and leniency...

By Claudine Constant

On a red background, the text reads "Connecticut should ban police deception in interrogations of children. No child should be imprisoned because police coerced them into false confessions"

Mar 3, 2023

It's time to end barriers for formerly incarcerated people in education

I had made it onto the dean's list several semesters. It was there that I ran into my second barrier.

By Will Roberts

I had made it onto the dean's list several semesters. It was there that I ran into my second barrier.

By Will Roberts

ACLUCT Smart Justice leaders Will and L stand at the capitol, smiling and wearing people not prisons blue hoodies