Legislation

Today, there is widespread recognition that disordered substance use is an illness to be treated and not a criminal problem to be punished. However, CT and the rest of the U.S. insist on addressing addiction, a public health problem, through criminal law for decades.

Improving voting rights and voting access strengthens democracy, since voting is a cornerstone of democracy itself.

Connecticut is stronger and safer when a person who is formerly incarcerated has a fair chance of accessing a job, housing, and education. Yet, people who are formally incarcerated are nearly ten times more likely to be homeless than any other members of the public.

With free school meal programs ending at the federal level, Connecticut has the chance to be a leader in the fight to end food insecurity by filling the gap because all children, regardless of their family’s income, deserve access to food.

Criminal penalization through both fines and prison sentences is an outrageously disproportionate response to the vandalization of stone walls.

Voting is a foundation of democracy, a right through which we can protect and preserve our other rights.

Connecticut voters have spoken, and early voting is extremely popular and necessary.

Relying on police as first responders to drug overdoses and other addiction crises will not improve our public health outlook for opioid addiction, but rather will prop up the system of mass incarceration.

Ending mass incarceration requires us to continue making progress toward reducing the number of people who enter the criminal legal system and reducing the amount of time that people who do not enter the system serve.