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Education & Rehabilitation

Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty

Gangs in Prison

• Yale Law School Colloquium Examines Prison Conditions
  
  The 13th Annual Liman Colloquium, 'Imprisoned,' will be held at Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street... [ more ]
  M2 Presswire, Monday, March 1, 2010
  
  
• Exonerated Prisoner Shares His Message
  
  After 18 years in prison, James Tillman said, a stop at Burger King can seem like a night out at a five-star restaurant... ... [ more ]
  The Hartford Courant, Tuesday, October 17, 2006
  
  

Health & Medical Treatment

Prison Classification, Placement, & Release

• Lawyer's Book Says Conn. Should Slash Prison Population Lawyer says reforms should emphasize support programs over incarceration
  
  But the author of a new book calling for a mass overhaul of Connecticut's criminal justice system says that Connecticut should adopt some of the best practices that have helped Texas reduce its prison population. Texas has reduced the number of inmates so much that the Lone Star State is closing prisons.

  Brian Moran, a partner at Robinson & Cole in Stamford, is the principal author of the book: "The Justice Imperative: How Hyper-Incarceration Has Hijacked the American Dream."... [ more ]

  Connecticut Law Review, Saturday, October 18, 2014
  
  

Prison Conditions & Corruption

• Ex-Chicago police officer who killed Laquan McDonald attacked in prison, wife says
  
  Jason Van Dyke was kept in isolation in Illinois after being convicted in the black teenager's murder... [ more ]
  NBC News, Thursday, February 14, 2019
  
  

Prison Life & Culture

• What You Can and Can't Read in Connecticut State Prisons From "Game of Thrones" to the Koran, it's not too easy to know what you can get away with.
  
  If you're spending your days in the Connecticut prison system, you're in some luck. As of this month, you'll now be able to read the A Song of Ice and Fire books by George R.R. Martin, made phenomenally popular by HBO's Game of Thrones.... [ more ]
  National Journal, Friday, August 30, 2013
  
  
• Conn. prison officials reverse decision to ban 21-year-old Wally Lamb novel
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut's Department of Correction on Thursday reversed its decision to remove a 21-year-old novel written by internationally known author Wally Lamb, a volunteer at one of the state's prisons. ... [ more ]
  Canadian Press, Friday, August 23, 2013
  
  
• Inside the double life of Aaron Hernandez
  
  BRISTOL, Conn. — When Aaron Hernandez was a child in this faded factory town, his mother, Terri, twice turned to the courts for bankruptcy protection.... [ more ]
  Boston Globe, Thursday, August 15, 2013
  
  
• Connecticut inmates to train greyhounds
  
  UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) - Four greyhounds are being delivered to an eastern Connecticut prison as inmates prepare for a 10-week program to train the dogs.... [ more ]
  Associated Press, Saturday, July 27, 2013
  
  
• Hunger-Striking Inmate Refuses To Register As Sex Offender
  
  ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut inmate who completed a sentence for sexual assault last year remains in prison because he refuses to register as a sex offender.... [ more ]
  Associated Press, Thursday, July 25, 2013
  
  
• Yale Law School Colloquium Examines Prison Conditions
  
  The 13th Annual Liman Colloquium, 'Imprisoned,' will be held at Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street... [ more ]
  M2 Presswire, Monday, March 1, 2010
  
  

Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes

• Police search for inmate who escaped York prison in southeastern Connecticut
  
  NIANTIC, Conn. (AP) - State police are searching for an inmate who has escaped from York Correctional Institute in Niantic. Police say the 49-year-old Lori Beyus was last seen wearing blue jeans and a maroon shirt on prison grounds in ...... [ more ]
  Associated Press, Sunday, April 7, 2013
  
  

Suicides in Prison

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