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Hilary Carpenter, Governor Ned Lamont’s pick for the newly created ombudsman job at the Connecticut Department of Correction, has tried to reassure skeptics she’ll be independent.
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Advocates voiced concerns that a state ombudsman with the power to investigate CT prison conditions and complaints hasn't been appointed.
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Incarcerated people say the recent rise in assaults on correction officers is being used to undercut an increase in out-of-cell time.
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The bill would require Connecticut’s Department of Correction to study the introduction of full-body scanners and make recommendations to lawmakers by the beginning of next year.
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A Connecticut prison guard who was fired in 2021, several years after posting what was determined by the state to be an anti-Muslim meme on Facebook, has been reinstated to his job.
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Concerns arise after Republicans appoint two Connecticut Department of Correction affiliates to the panel, known as the Correction Advisory Committee.