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The Connecticut Judiciary Committee’s decision not to allow people to wear shirts, buttons, or stickers with political messages at legislative hearings is unreasonable and raises serious First Amendment concerns.
The Connecticut Department of Correction announced that a pregnant incarcerated woman gave birth in a prison cell at York Correctional Institution on February 13. The following is a joint reaction from the ACLU-CT, Connecticut Bail Fund, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, and SWAN.
"Studies have shown that earned risk reduction credit programs reduce recidivism rates, save states money, and improve conditions for prisoners and staff alike. We encourage the legislature to stick with the facts when it comes to justice reform, not fear.”
"Today’s announcement is the latest sign that the government employees who are supposed to enforce the law have no one enforcing the law on them."
On Thursday, December 14, 2017, New Britain police shot and killed one person and shot and injured two others after chasing the car in which all three were present. The ACLU of Connecticut released the following statement.
On December 11, the Hartford City Council voted 7-2 to use state funding to expand video surveillance and drone use by the Hartford Police Department.