SB 957, An Act Concerning the Oversight of Health Care in Correctional Institutions by the Department of Public Health

The ACLU-CT is an organization dedicated to ending mass incarceration, eliminating racial disparities in the criminal legal system, and reducing harms to justice-impacted people. Connecticut is the only state where the Department of Correction (DOC) oversees and operates its own system. The ACLU-CT strongly supports measures that improve access to quality healthcare for people incarcerated in Connecticut’s prisons. Given the DOC’s failure to provide adequate care, both during and before the pandemic, Senate Bill 957 is vital in this effort.