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Mar 3, 2022

I want to use my skills to help people. Employment discrimination stands in my way.

Smart Justice

People, like myself, living with a record have a lot to contribute to Connecticut, and we should be eliminating barriers to employment and licensing so that people can become truly successful members of...

By Alex Brown

People, like myself, living with a record have a lot to contribute to Connecticut, and we should be eliminating barriers to employment and licensing so that people can become truly successful members of...

By Alex Brown
Image description: Alex Brown, ACLU-CT Smart Justice leader, stands, smiling directly at the camera. She is wearing a blue People Not Prisons t-shirt and black long-sleeved shirt under it. Her long brown hair is in a ponytail.
Image description: Alex Brown, ACLU-CT Smart Justice leader, stands, smiling directly at the camera. She is wearing a blue People Not Prisons t-shirt and black long-sleeved shirt under it. Her long brown hair is in a ponytail.
Mar 2, 2022

Let’s start including these workers in employment protections

Smart Justice

When someone has earned the right to be part of society after arrest or conviction, they should have the right to support themselves and their loved ones, just like everyone else.

When someone has earned the right to be part of society after arrest or conviction, they should have the right to support themselves and their loved ones, just like everyone else.

ACLUCT senior policy organizer Anderson Curtis stands with a white sign that says "I wasn't sentenced to a lifetime of discrimination." He wears a blue people not prisons shirt and sweatshirt and blue hat, glasses. He is leaning on a gray stone building
ACLUCT senior policy organizer Anderson Curtis stands with a white sign that says "I wasn't sentenced to a lifetime of discrimination." He wears a blue people not prisons shirt and sweatshirt and blue hat, glasses. He is leaning on a gray stone building
Mar 1, 2022

Stop housing discrimination against people living with a record

Smart Justice

All people in Connecticut, including people who have been through the criminal legal system, should have the right to safe and stable housing.

By Will Roberts

All people in Connecticut, including people who have been through the criminal legal system, should have the right to safe and stable housing.

By Will Roberts
ACLUCT smart justice leader Will stands with a cardboard sign that says, in black and white, "dismantle the mass incarceration system." Behind him is the CT Capitol. he is wearing a mask and a sweatshirt, and yellow people not prison pin
ACLUCT smart justice leader Will stands with a cardboard sign that says, in black and white, "dismantle the mass incarceration system." Behind him is the CT Capitol. he is wearing a mask and a sweatshirt, and yellow people not prison pin
Feb 25, 2022

Youth need care, not cops

Policing

We're proud to be in solidarity with the Community First Coalition's Care Not Cops campaign.

By Claudine Constant

We're proud to be in solidarity with the Community First Coalition's Care Not Cops campaign.

By Claudine Constant
Claudine Fox ACLUCT public policy and advocacy director delivers a speech through a bullhorn. She wears a blue people not prisons hoodie and black coat. behind her, Barbara Fair holds a sign that says human life matters.
Claudine Fox ACLUCT public policy and advocacy director delivers a speech through a bullhorn. She wears a blue people not prisons hoodie and black coat. behind her, Barbara Fair holds a sign that says human life matters.
Feb 10, 2022

Smart Justice leader Curtis B. Hudson speaks out for the PROTECT Act with Stop Solitary CT

Smart Justice

"It is a shame that we have to be here still fighting for a bill that was passed last year, but here we are and the barbaric use of solitary confinement in prison must end."

"It is a shame that we have to be here still fighting for a bill that was passed last year, but here we are and the barbaric use of solitary confinement in prison must end."

ACLUCT smart justice leader Curtis B. Hudson stands in front of the CT Capitol steps. He is wearing a black and white fedora, sunglasses, black mask, black trenchcoat, and blue Smart Justice shirt, and black gloves, and he is holding a clipboard.
ACLUCT smart justice leader Curtis B. Hudson stands in front of the CT Capitol steps. He is wearing a black and white fedora, sunglasses, black mask, black trenchcoat, and blue Smart Justice shirt, and black gloves, and he is holding a clipboard.
Feb 5, 2022

Speaking out for Compassionate Releases with the New Britain Racial Justice Coalition

Smart Justice

COVID-19 remains a threat to the lives and health of people who are incarcerated in Connecticut prisons and jails.

COVID-19 remains a threat to the lives and health of people who are incarcerated in Connecticut prisons and jails.

blue aclu of connecticut people not prisons poster in front of Connecticut governor's mansion
blue aclu of connecticut people not prisons poster in front of Connecticut governor's mansion