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Use of Force Authorized to Extract DNA Sample from Prisoner; Conviction for Refusal to Comply Upheld: CT Supreme Court

Article • December 13, 2017

Filed under: Excessive Force

Use of Force Authorized to Extract DNA Sample from Prisoner; Conviction for Refusal to Comply Upheld: CT Supreme Court by On July 15, 2016, the Supreme Court of Connecticut upheld the conviction of a prisoner who was charged with refusing to submit a DNA sample. The court also found that …

$5,000 to Conn. Prisoner in Retaliation Lawsuit

Article • December 7, 2017

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances

$5,000 to Conn. Prisoner in Retaliation Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On April 24, 2014, a Connecticut state prisoner and the Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a claim brought by the prisoner which alleged that he was terminated from his prison job after he filed …

Crocker v. Commissioner of Correction, CT, Appeal Brief, Administrative Segregation, 2017

Brief • November 21, 2017

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Administrative Detention/Segregation

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Parole Revocation in CT, Samuel Jabobs Criminal Justice Clinic,2017

Publication • September 1, 2017

Filed under: Appointment of Counsel, Parole Liability, Probable/Proximate Cause

Parole Revocation in CT, Samuel Jabobs Criminal Justice Clinic,2017 Parole Revocation in Connecticut opportunities to reduce incarceration Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic | Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization September 2017 Parole Revocation in Connecticut opportunities to reduce incarceration The report was written by Asli Bashir, Rachel Shur, Theodore Torres, …

ACLU Connecticut - Earning Trust, 2017

Publication • July 27, 2017

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Complaints, Police

ACLU Connecticut - Earning Trust, 2017 EARNING TRUST Addressing police misconduct complaints in Connecticut Earning Trust Addressing police misconduct complaints in Connecticut A report of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut Credits The research for this report was conducted by Lillian McKenzie and Rachel Spears under the guidance and …

Connecticut Supreme Court Abolishes Death Penalty as Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Article • April 20, 2017

Filed under: Death Penalty

Connecticut Supreme Court Abolishes Death Penalty as Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In a decision rendered in August 2015, after the filing of numerous amicus briefs by the American Civil Liberties Union and other prisoner rights organizations, the Connecticut Supreme Court, in a 4-3 ruling, …

Connecticut DOC Settles Five Percenters Religious Rights Suit

Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017

Filed under: RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Property

Connecticut DOC Settles Five Percenters Religious Rights Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) has settled a federal lawsuit filed by a state prisoner and entered into a consent decree recognizing his religion. The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § …

Connecticut Supreme Court: Insanity Acquittee May Be Held in Prison on Bond

Article • March 14, 2017

Filed under: Bail Bonds, Civil Commitment

Connecticut Supreme Court: Insanity Acquittee May Be Held in Prison on Bond by On November 3, 2015, the Supreme Court of Connecticut held that an insanity acquittee who was being held in a maximum-security psychiatric hospital could be held in prison if unable to pay the $100,000 bond set for …

FCI Danbury Prisoners Finally Transferred to New Women’s Facility

Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Transfers, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment

FCI Danbury Prisoners Finally Transferred to New Women’s Facility by Three years after a “temporary” move from FCI Danbury in Connecticut, over 100 women prisoners found themselves incarcerated in a Brooklyn jail instead of a promised new federal facility. The women were told the move, which occurred after Danbury was …

Connecticut Prisoners File Suit Over Exposure to Radon Gas

Article • December 7, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Eighth Amendment, Class Certification

Connecticut Prisoners File Suit Over Exposure to Radon Gas by Panagioti Tsolkas This summer, prisoners at the Garner Correctional Institution (GCI) in Newtown, Connecticut responded to more than two decades of radon exposure at the facility by filing a class-action lawsuit. “The length of time this went on didn’t have …

Rutledge v. Krynski, CT, Order Partially Granting Def. Motion to Strike - Excessive Force during Traffic Stop, 2016

Brief • November 1, 2016

Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers, First Amendment, rights, Fourth Amendment, rights, Emotional Distress

Rutledge v. Krynski, CT, Order Partially Granting Def. Motion to Strike - Excessive Force during Traffic Stop, 2016

Exonerated Prisoner Appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board

Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, DNA Testing/Samples, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Parole, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Exonerated Prisoner Appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board by Christopher Zoukis In an unusual turn of events, a former prisoner was appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board. While ex-prisoners are typically not considered as parole board members, state officials decided that Kenneth F. Ireland was a qualified candidate. In 1989, when he …

CT: Prisoner’s Eight Year Sentence for Throwing Feces on Guard Affirmed

Article • September 7, 2016

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Sentencing

CT: Prisoner’s Eight Year Sentence for Throwing Feces on Guard Affirmed by On April 26, 2016, the Appellate Court of Connecticut upheld the conviction of a prisoner who had thrown "liquid and fecal matter" at a guard's chest. The 3-0 decision affirmed the eight-year sentence imposed by the trial court, …

Connecticut Town Raises Stink, Sues DOC for Wastewater Plant's Upgrade

Article • September 6, 2016

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Sewage, Water

Connecticut Town Raises Stink, Sues DOC for Wastewater Plant's Upgrade by The town of Cheshire, Connecticut, has decided it won't take anymore crap from the state's Department of Corrections. A lawsuit filed by Cheshire officials in July 2012 seeks to renegotiate the terms of an agreement with Connecticut's DOC to …

Grenier v. Semple, CT, Amended Complaint, Radon Gas Exposure, 2016

Brief • September 2, 2016

Filed under: Respiratory, Cancer, Eighth Amendment

Grenier v. Semple, CT, Amended Complaint, Radon Gas Exposure, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-01465-AVC Document 15 Filed 09/02/16 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT LEE GRENIER; TAVORUS FLUKER; ANTHONY ROGERS; THOMAS MARRA; LAWRENCE TOWNSEND; TERRENCE EASTON; LAMONT SAMUEL; IAN COOKE; and J. MICHAEL FARREN, on behalf of …

Grenier v. Semple, CT, Class Action Complaint, Prisoner Exposure to Gas,

Brief • August 26, 2016

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Constitution, U.S., Constitution, state

Grenier v. Semple, CT, Class Action Complaint, Prisoner Exposure to Gas, Case 3:16-cv-01465-AVC Document 1 Filed 08/26/16 Page 1 of 36 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT LEE GRENIER; TAVORUS FLUKER; ANTHONY ROGERS; THOMAS MARRA; LAWRENCE TOWNSEND; TERRENCE EASTON; LAMONT SAMUEL; IAN COOKE; and J. MICHAEL FARREN on behalf …

Connecticut Supreme Court: Bail May Be Used to Protect Others

Article • August 19, 2016

Filed under: Indigent Defense, Bail

Connecticut Supreme Court: Bail May Be Used to Protect Others by In an opinion handed down on November 3, 2015, the Supreme Court of Connecticut held that a man who had been acquitted by reason of insanity could be held in prison subject to a bond he could not afford …

Connecticut May Force Feed Prisoners on Hunger Strike

Article • August 19, 2016

Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Food

Connecticut May Force Feed Prisoners on Hunger Strike by  The state of Connecticut has the right to force feed a prisoner engaged in a hunger strike, Jarres T. Graham, Superior Court Judge, so held.             William Coleman, a Connecticut prisoner, went on hunger strike to protest his sexual assault conviction …

Connecticut Supreme Court: "Arsenic & Old Lace" Records Exempt from Disclosure

Article • August 11, 2016

Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Discovery, Public Records

Connecticut Supreme Court: "Arsenic & Old Lace" Records Exempt from Disclosure by Mark Wilson The Connecticut Supreme Court held that state agencies had standing to appeal a trial court's public record disclosure decision and the documents at issue were exempt from disclosure. Amy Archer Gilligan was convicted of second degree …

Results from Seven States Shows Program-Driven Recidivism Reduction

Article • August 10, 2016

Filed under: Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Release and Reentry

Results from Seven States Shows Program-Driven Recidivism Reduction by The National Reentry Resource Center has published a new study of seven states showing that with proper pre-release programming, recidivism rates can be reduced by a significant amount.  The study, which covered the states of Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, …