News & Commentary

The Criminal Justice Commission is interviewing the final 2025 Connecticut Inspector General candidates Tuesday, April 29th at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Here's what the finalists had to say about police accountability and racial justice.

When the new state-ordered investigation regarding the CT State Police falsifying traffic records was released on January 31, 2024, we hoped it would shed new light on this statewide scandal. Instead, the more carefully we read this new report, the more it reinforced our concerns.

Welcome to 2024. We have a lot to do during this legislative session and we’ll need your help to step up to protect the civil rights of everyone in our communities. Are you ready to join us?

The ACLU of Connecticut approached the 2023 legislative session with ambitious goals to improve access to the ballot box, begin holding prosecutors accountable, and protect children from police lying and threats. 

Strip searches are used to embarrass, shame and dehumanize. It's time to end the practice. Reentry is difficult without an ID. Sending people home from prison without an ID is setting them up for failure.

If the state knows a person’s identity well enough to incarcerate them, then the state can give them the proper identification when they leave.

Children’s safety, and support, should be the main concern for our communities.  Instead, police rely on lying and fear tactics meant to keep society in lines.

No one, including children, should be imprisoned because police coerced them into a false confession. I teach my children, to be honest. Honesty promotes trust, fosters healthy and strong relationships, and prevents harm.

Connecticut should ban police deception in interrogations of children.