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Divert from detention

By Sabrina Garone
Published October 30, 2023 at 7:04 PM EDT
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A security fence surrounds inmate housing.
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A security fence surrounds inmate housing.

Advocates say money used in Connecticut to keep kids in detention could be better used to keep them out. Early voting began in New York over the weekend. New Haven orders homeowners to get rid of tiny homes on their property for the city’s homeless. And hospitals in the eastern Connecticut health network are in danger of closing.

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Sabrina Garone
Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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