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Court Case
Mar 14, 2022
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  • Criminal Legal System

Beatty v Lamont

Connecticut residents are suing to eliminate Connecticut’s prison debt law.
Court Case
Apr 30, 2021
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  • LGBTQIA+ Rights|
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Clark v Department of Correction

By denying our client gender-affirming medical care that she needs, the DOC and Attorney General’s office are threatening her life and health, and they're violating federal law. We’re in court to ensure that transgender people who are incarcerated are able to get the gender-affirming care they need.
Court Case
Feb 04, 2021
A photo of a bed and desk in a cell at Northern Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut. A metal cot-like bed is against a concrete wall on the right. On the left, a small desk and door. The space is small, barren, concrete.
  • Criminal Legal System|
  • +1 Issue

Disability Rights Connecticut v Department of Correction

With our partners, the ACLU-CT sued the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) for its continuing physical and psychological abuse of people with mental illness incarcerated in DOC prisons and jails.
Court Case
Apr 03, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal System

Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association et al v Lamont and Cook

The ACLU of Connecticut, representing the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (CCDLA) and people who are incarcerated, filed a lawsuit in Superior Court seeking emergency action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by reducing the number of people who are incarcerated in Connecticut.
Court Case
Aug 13, 2019
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  • Criminal Legal System

Williams v Murphy (amicus brief)

The ACLU of Connecticut filed a friend of the court brief arguing that federal law forbids Connecticut from discounting a prison abuse judgment against one of its employees even if the judgment has no punitive damages within it.