News & Commentary
Mar 03, 2023
Schools should be places of learning. Not places for policing.
It didn’t make any sense to me that at a place of learning where I wanted to be focused on my future, instead I was facing just another battle. Police in schools are pre-prepping young people to be traumatized and victimized when they’re just trying to be students.
By Terri Ricks
Mar 03, 2023
I work with youth. We've got to divest from police in schools.
School counselors, behavior techs, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists are the right people to address the multitude of issues facing our young people, not an armed police presence.
By Manuel Sandoval
Jul 22, 2022
CT Must Build Communities Where All Youth Can Succeed
With #InvestInMeCT, the Connecticut Justice Alliance is demanding that Connecticut invest time, care, love, and resources into communities – not punishment and incarceration.
By Christina Quaranta
Feb 25, 2022
Youth need care, not cops
We're proud to be in solidarity with the Community First Coalition's Care Not Cops campaign.
By Claudine Constant
Dec 20, 2021
Twelve goals for 2022
As we close the book on 2021, we’re ready to look ahead to 2022. Here (in no particular order) is what the ACLU of Connecticut is looking toward in court, in communities, and during the legislative session.
By David McGuire
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