CT Attorney General Could Take Bigger Civil Rights Role
The ability of the Connecticut attorney general’s office to investigate and seek civil penalties for hate crimes and civil rights offenses would be clarified, expanded and codified in state law …
CT Adult Prisons a ‘War Zone’ for Youth Offenders
“Youth don’t belong in adult prison,” Goss said Monday morning as he waited to tell his story to a crowd of dozens gathered at the Capitol. “I’m here to speak …
Connecticut Youth Deserve a Clean Slate
The Connecticut legislature’s Judiciary Committee is considering a progressive bill, SB 691: An Act Concerning Erasure of Criminal Records, which would provide records erasure for adults with a criminal record …
Clean slate – automatic expungement of criminal records
Protecting the confidentiality of records is central to the juvenile justice system’s goal of rehabilitation. Connecticut law requires juvenile records to remain inaccessible to the public, but when a youth …
Bill would extend health insurance to 17,000 undocumented immigrant children
A state social service official and advocates for children, including an undocumented Brazilian mother with a GPS bracelet living in Bridgeport, came down on different sides of a debate over …
CCA Attorney Bonnie Roswig Named CT Law Trib “Giant Slayer”
Winners of the 2019 Connecticut Legal Awards, including the three finalists for the Attorney of the Year, have been determined through a panel review of submissions sent in from attorneys …
Federal Monitor’s Report in DCF Case Shows Continued Concerns
The latest report from the federal monitor of the state Department of Children and Families shows that the agency maintained compliance with five of 10 measures that are part of …
Bill Would Let Youth get HIV Preventive Meds
Connecticut lawmakers were asked Monday to consider letting young people receive preventative medication for HIV infections without their parents’ consent. Advocates told the Public Health Committee that such legislation could …