News & Commentary
Oct 18, 2018
The City of Hartford’s police contract bargained for a “trigger happy” sergeant
Last month, the City of Hartford launched a public relations campaign to try to manage the fallout from a video in which then-Sergeant Stephen Barone, a police department manager, threatened a group of young, mostly Black and brown people by saying he was “trigger happy.”
By Melvin Medina
Sep 28, 2018
Will politicians stand with 87 percent of Connecticut voters?
Smart Justice has been rallying around the state with one message: Connecticut voters want smarter justice policies now, and political leaders need to sit up, pay attention, and listen to formerly incarcerated people.
By Sandy LoMonico
Sep 26, 2018
Connecticut should adopt smarter justice policies for a stronger economy
Connecticut faces an enormous decision about the direction of its economic future. Yet as politicians pitch visions about their plans for prosperity, most are not talking about the staggering financial toll that criminal incarceration has had on this state. I have at least 87 billion reasons why they should.
By Gus Marks-Hamilton
Aug 10, 2018
Why does Connecticut need a better, smarter justice system?
"Families. Society. Economics." In the second of a two-part series of interviews, Anderson Curtis and Tiheba Williams-Bain answer one question: why is it important to end mass incarceration and dismantle racial injustice in Connecticut's criminal justice system?
Aug 09, 2018
Anderson Curtis and Tiheba Williams-Bain are here to be messengers of hope
ACLU-CT Smart Justice field organizers Anderson Curtis and Tiheba Williams-Bain are educating and mobilizing Connecticut residents to end mass incarceration and eliminate racial disparities in our state's criminal justice system.
Jul 24, 2018
Everyone has the right to speak out against police violence. Including (and especially) elected officials.
No parent who speaks out against police violence, including and especially an elected official with a responsibility to serve their constituents, should be silenced by the government.
By Dan Barrett
Jul 20, 2018
Why we're worried about electronic tolls in Connecticut
This week, Governor Malloy issued an executive order requiring the state Department of Transportation to conduct a $10 million study of electronic tolling on Connecticut roads. Missing from that executive order? Any mention of people’s privacy rights.
By David McGuire
Jul 19, 2018
Smart Justice leaders had five questions for people applying to become the second most powerful prosecutor in Connecticut.
On Friday, a group of ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut member leaders, experts who have been directly impacted by Connecticut’s justice system, walked into the chief state’s attorney’s office.
By Sandy LoMonico
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