Critics call for oversight, transparency in state’s prisons

Barbara Fair, lead organizer for Stop Solitary CT, calling for more independent oversight of the state Department of Correction and its treatment of incarcerated people in its custody. Paul Hughes Republican-American

HARTFORD – Prison reform activists and Democratic legislators on Wednesday demanded more independent oversight of the treatment of people confined in Connecticut prisons. Advocates from Stop Solitary CT vented frustration…

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