Prisons

A special program designed to shelter corrections officers in hotels during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, using millions of dollars in federal pandemic relief funding, was repeatedly abused by prison workers, according to an ongoing state investigation.

70% of people in jails and prisons around the country have at least one diagnosed mental health or substance abuse problem, according to a new report from the National Center for State Courts.

Activists gathered outside Connecticut’s Department of Corrections headquarters on Wednesday to demand stricter COVID-19 guidelines in state prisons.

It took fish fries, fundraisers and GoFundMe to bail Bryan Jordan out of a Connecticut jail. Was it enough to keep him home?

Connecticut prison guard Shem Brijbilas has been fired after an investigation found he fabricated a complaint about being the target of anti-Muslim harassment at work.

Dual-purpose legislation, which garnered support from business groups and the ACLU, rolls through state Senate.

The two inmates were found unresponsive in the same cell by a guard conducting a routine check at the New Haven Correctional Center, the state Department of Correction said in a news release.

Millions of federal dollars will go towards Long Island Sound restoration.

Some of Governor Ned Lamont’s executive orders to curb the spread of coronavirus in Connecticut could be extended until April 15.

The virus has killed more than 20 inmates in the state since the pandemic began.