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If we truly respect the lives of people who are incarcerated, then a pandemic is exactly when compassionate release should be easier to obtain.
Despite my work ethic and attitude, the great references that I have, my criminal record continues to be held against me. On top of all of that, I have this prison debt hanging over me and a risk of being sued by the state of Connecticut.
The most abuse happens in the darkest of places. Connecticut needs the PROTECT Act to become law.
Access to quality healthcare is a human right. Yet for a person who is behind the walls, isolated in a cell and hidden away, the reality is that people are suffering and being victimized by a “healthcare” system that does not work and in fact harms them.
Housing discrimination should have no place in Connecticut.