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Mar 03, 2022

Barriers to reentry hurt our families, including children.

A criminal conviction has the unintended consequence of being a conviction for the whole family. And family problems will become community problems.

By Tyran Sampson

Image description: Tyran Sampson, ACLU-CT Smart Justice leader, stands, facing the camera. He is wearing a blue ACLU of Connecticut Smart Justice zip-up sweatshirt, a navy blue hat, and has a mask pulled down. He looks serious.

Mar 03, 2022

I want to use my skills to help people. Employment discrimination stands in my way.

People, like myself, living with a record have a lot to contribute to Connecticut, and we should be eliminating barriers to employment and licensing so that people can become truly successful members of this state.

By Alex Brown

Image description: Alex Brown, ACLU-CT Smart Justice leader, stands, smiling directly at the camera. She is wearing a blue People Not Prisons t-shirt and black long-sleeved shirt under it. Her long brown hair is in a ponytail.

Mar 02, 2022

Let’s start including these workers in employment protections

When someone has earned the right to be part of society after arrest or conviction, they should have the right to support themselves and their loved ones, just like everyone else.

By Anderson Curtis

ACLUCT senior policy organizer Anderson Curtis stands with a white sign that says "I wasn't sentenced to a lifetime of discrimination." He wears a blue people not prisons shirt and sweatshirt and blue hat, glasses. He is leaning on a gray stone building

Mar 01, 2022

Stop housing discrimination against people living with a record

All people, including those who have been through the criminal legal system, should have the right to safe and stable housing.

By Will Roberts

ACLUCT smart justice leader Will stands with a cardboard sign that says, in black and white, "dismantle the mass incarceration system." Behind him is the CT Capitol. he is wearing a mask and a sweatshirt, and yellow people not prison pin

Feb 10, 2022

Smart Justice leader Curtis B. Hudson speaks out for the PROTECT Act with Stop Solitary CT

"It is a shame that we have to be here still fighting for a bill that was passed last year, but here we are and the barbaric use of solitary confinement in prison must end."

ACLUCT smart justice leader Curtis B. Hudson stands in front of the CT Capitol steps. He is wearing a black and white fedora, sunglasses, black mask, black trenchcoat, and blue Smart Justice shirt, and black gloves, and he is holding a clipboard.

Feb 05, 2022

Speaking out for Compassionate Releases with the New Britain Racial Justice Coalition

COVID-19 remains a threat to the lives and health of people who are incarcerated in Connecticut prisons and jails.

blue aclu of connecticut people not prisons poster in front of Connecticut governor's mansion

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

Oct 22, 2021

Smart Justice talks organizing, solidarity, and parking lot advocacy in virtual event

"Organizing is a critical vehicle to ensuring that directly impacted people are centered in all parts of policymaking."

Smart Justice leader Shelby Henderson holds a white sign that says "PEOPLE NOT PRISONS" in blue ink. Behind her is a crowd waving yellow flags and carrying a banner. They are on a street in Hartford, marching.

Oct 14, 2021

Three things that must happen when a prison closes

Closure is just the first, minimum step. Any time Connecticut closes a prison, the state must also do these three things.

By Anderson Curtis, Claudine Constant, Gus Marks-Hamilton

A cardboard sign sits on the grass in front of the CT state capitol building. In black letters with white background, the sign says: "dismantle the mass incarceration system"

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