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A 67-year-old man in Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) custody died from COVID-19 complications on Sunday, marking the third incarcerated person to die from COVID since November 18 and the tenth this year.
Ahead of Governor Ned Lamont’s press conference regarding Connecticut’s COVID-19 vaccination roll-out plans, the ACLU-CT issued the following statement regarding the Governor's responsibility to ensure people who are incarcerated are included in the same tier as all others in congregate living.
Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven voters support moving money from policing budgets into other services, using non-police responses to issues related to public health.
In a letter to lawyers for the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC), the ACLU of Connecticut announced “systemic patterns of non-compliance by the Department of Correction” with multiple measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the state’s prisons.
HARTFORD – Tolland State's Attorney Matthew Gedansky today announced that he would not pursue charges against members of the CREST regional SWAT unit who killed Jose “Jay” Soto in Manchester in April.
A group of civil rights organizations today tiled a federal lawsuit againstthe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to challenge its rollback of critical protections under the Fair Housing Act.