Let’s start including these workers in employment protections
When someone has earned the right to be part of society after arrest or conviction, they should have the right to support themselves and their loved ones, just like everyone else.
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When someone has earned the right to be part of society after arrest or conviction, they should have the right to support themselves and their loved ones, just like everyone else.
All people in Connecticut, including people who have been through the criminal legal system, should have the right to safe and stable housing.
We're proud to be in solidarity with the Community First Coalition's Care Not Cops campaign.
"It is a shame that we have to be here still fighting for a bill that was passed last year, but here we are and the barbaric use of solitary confinement in prison must end."
COVID-19 remains a threat to the lives and health of people who are incarcerated in Connecticut prisons and jails.
Connecticut must be in solidarity with people harmed by other states’ abortion bans, as well as people here who still need access. We must also look inward at our own state’s inequities and become a firewall for access to true reproductive freedom, including abortion care.