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The Connecticut Department of Correction today announced that a man who is incarcerated at Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center tested positive for COVID-19. The positive test comes after a Department of Correction worker at the same facility tested positive for COVID-19 last week.
In a letter sent to the Rules Committee of the Connecticut Judicial Branch, the ACLU requested committee members consider changing pre-trial release rules as a public health measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Included with the request was a letter from Connecticut medical professionals.
The Connecticut Department of Correction last night announced that an employee of Garner Correctional Institution tested positive for COVID-19. The following is a reaction from Melvin Medina, ACLU of Connecticut public policy and advocacy director.
Hartford State’s Attorney Gail Hardy today released a report determining that her office would not pursue charges against Wethersfield police employee Layau Eulizier for killing 18-year-old Anthony Jose “Chulo” Vega Cruz on April 20, 2019.
In the wake of confirmed cases in Connecticut of coronavirus/COVID-19, the ACLU of Connecticut today called for state officials to take action to protect incarcerated people, corrections employees, and the general public by reducing the use of imprisonment in Connecticut.
In response to coronavirus/COVID-19, Connecticut’s government announced that the state will be placed in a state of public health emergency. The following is a reaction from David McGuire, ACLU of Connecticut executive director.