Here's How Connecticut Could Implement a Historic New Voting Law
Introducing early voting would begin to address the state’s racist history of voter suppression.
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The BOPP needs to re-start the commutations process
Every person should have a chance at hope. The criminal legal system should be open to the idea of redemption and rehabilitation. We join the call for the CT Board of Pardons and Paroles (BOPP) to re-start...
State’s Attorney should be representing the interests of the people of Connecticut.
State’s Attorney should be representing the interests of the people of Connecticut—that includes incarcerated and formally incarcerated individuals. PEOPLE LIKE ME.
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Additional Connecticut Residents Join Lawsuit Over Prison Debt Law
Two new plaintiffs have joined Beatty v. Lamont, a lawsuit seeking to eliminate Connecticut’s “prison debt” law, under which the state forces people it incarcerated to pay hundreds of dollars for each day...
Advocates Call to End Deceptive Police Interrogations of Youth
Survivors of police deceptive interrogation, advocates, legislators, and national experts gathered to call on the legislature to pass S.B. 1071, a bill to end deceptive police interrogations of children....
Federal Court: Stamford Woman May Sue State Over Prison Debt Law, But Must Substitute Defendants
A federal court has ruled that Teresa Beatty can sue to end Connecticut’s prison debt law. The court also ruled that Ms. Beatty must substitute a different set of state defendants in order for her lawsuit...
The CT Voting Rights Act
Fighting discrimination against voters of color and protecting the right to vote.
The Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CT VRA)
The right to vote is precious, and we must make our democracy stronger by protecting and strengthening access to the ballot box.
