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After a brief search limited solely to current Connecticut prosecutors, the Criminal Justice Commission today was deadlocked between both candidates for the position of Inspector General.
The DOC today announced that it would close the COVID-19 unit at Northern Correctional Institution and instead place that unit in the MacDougall building of MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution. The following is a reaction from Claudine Fox, ACLU-CT campaign manager.
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he would nominate Angel Quiros, the current interim Department of Correction commissioner, to become permanent DOC commissioner. By law, the legislature must vote on whether to approve the Governor’s nomination. The following is a reaction from Melvin Medina.
The following is a reaction by ACLU of Connecticut executive director David McGuire to the death of Daniel Ocasio, who was being held pre-trial at Corrigan-Ragdowski Correctional Center, a Connecticut Department of Correction facility.
The following is a reaction from ACLU of Connecticut executive director David McGuire.
With yesterday’s Senate approval, the bill passes the Connecticut General Assembly and awaits action from Governor Ned Lamont.