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2024
Resolution on pretrial release moving to full legislature for vote
Millions of dollars are coming to CT to fight the opioid epidemic. Will it help people in prison?
2023
Top legislator calls on commission to reconsider bail reform
Connecticut Superior Court Judges vote to lower bail threshold, raise eligibility
Proposal would end Connecticut’s current bail system
Judicial Panel Votes to Lower Percentage of Cash Bail Paid by Some Defendants
CT prison experience exacerbates mental health problems, experts and inmates say
Committee Advances Constitutional Amendment on Bail
Connecticut is considering major bail reform. But it won’t be easy.
A look at Connecticut’s cash bail system
2022
Symposium Explores Solutions for Criminal Justice System
Torrington case prompts proposal to make it illegal to have sexual contact with animals in CT
New Jersey mostly got rid of cash bail. Why hasn’t Connecticut?
The problem of cash bail in CT: ‘They just cannot claw their way out’
State legislators support scrapping prison-stay fees for formerly incarcerated individuals
Legislation would examine Connecticut inmates’ growing mental health crisis
Osten Targets Mental Health Among Incarcerated
Sentencing Commission Pitches Changes
2021
Sentencing Commission to Seek Changes to Sentence Modification Law
Commission Wants To End Claw-Backs From Inmates
Changes To Sex Offender Registry Will Be A Tough Sell
2020
In an election emphasizing absentee ballots, state officials stepping up to help prisoners vote
COVID, cash bail and ‘drive-by therapy’: a deadly combination
Dulos, money bail and an ongoing conversation about bond reform
Conn. Sentencing Commission Will Push For Changes In Sex Offender Registry
2019
State considering alternatives to ‘unjust’ cash bail system
Don’t Miss Another Opportunity To Fix Sex Offender Registry
Senator: Mental illness in CT prisons needs to be examined
Superior Court Judges Change Bond Criteria
Sentencing Commission Makes Last-Minute Plea To Senate
Bail reform would help poor CT defendants, hurt bond industry
Senate to vote on misdemeanor sentences to protect immigrants from deportation
Judge Robert Devlin nominated to Appellate Court
Progressive lawmakers make a push for criminal justice legislation
Bill To Modify Sex Offender Registry Advances
2018
Public Urges Sentencing Commission to Get Behind 364 Day Sentence
Advocates urge shorter prison sentences
Changes could be coming to Connecticut’s sex offender registry
Commission Considers Changes to State Sex-Offender Registry
State sentencing Commission considering controversial changes to sex offender laws