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Aug 9, 2018

Anderson Curtis and Tiheba Williams-Bain are here to be messengers of hope

ACLU-CT Smart Justice field organizers Anderson Curtis and Tiheba Williams-Bain are educating and mobilizing Connecticut residents to end mass incarceration and eliminate racial disparities in our state's...

ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut group photo

Jul 24, 2018

Everyone has the right to speak out against police violence. Including (and especially) elected officials.

No parent who speaks out against police violence, including and especially an elected official with a responsibility to serve their constituents, should be silenced by the government.

Protesters in Bridgeport demand police accountability after police officer James Boulay killed Jayson Negron

Jul 20, 2018

Why we're worried about electronic tolls in Connecticut

This week, Governor Malloy issued an executive order requiring the state Department of Transportation to conduct a $10 million study of electronic tolling on Connecticut roads. Missing from that executive...

By David McGuire

Jul 19, 2018

Smart Justice leaders had five questions for people applying to become the second most powerful prosecutor in Connecticut.

On Friday, a group of ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut member leaders, experts who have been directly impacted by Connecticut’s justice system, walked into the chief state’s attorney’s office.

The...

By Sandy LoMonico

On Friday, a group of ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut member leaders, experts who have been directly impacted by Connecticut’s justice system, walked into the chief state’s attorney’s office.

The...

By Sandy LoMonico

ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut leaders Gus, Sandy, and Manny outside of CT chief state's attorney's office for criminal justice commission prosecutor meeting

Jul 12, 2018

Here's how ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut's spark is meant to be a flame for justice

ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut is here to turbocharge the fight to end mass incarceration in the Constitution State. Here's how (and why).

Melvin Medina and Sandy Lomonico, ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut, hold "people not prisons" shirts in front of ACLU-CT banner

May 10, 2018

Here’s what happened in Connecticut’s 2018 legislative session

Connecticut’s 2018 legislative session ended on May 9. This session, the ACLU of Connecticut weighed in with testimony on more than 80 bills. We advocated to support some positive bills and opposed threats...

By Kaley Lentini, David McGuire

Liberty, justice, and equality take teamwork. The ACLU of Connecticut is grateful for our allies