Mike Lawlor has three goals for criminal justice reform in Connecticut: Reduce crime. Reduce spending. And restore the public’s confidence in the system. From his vantage point as a professional criminal justice reformer, Connecticut is well on its way to achieving all three. Lawlor, who has served as the state’s under secretary for criminal justice…
Connecticut Closing Prisons But Offering Fewer Community Services To Former Inmates Reprinted from WNPR, June 1, 2018 As Connecticut sees fewer people behind bars and a drop in crime rates, officials say there’s some concern over the lack of services for those transitioning to the outside. Fred Hodges spent 17 1/2 years in a Connecticut…
Jeff Grant Discusses Navigating Life with Bipolar Disorder with Filmmaker Alex Silver, May 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip2OAzu8CDY&feature=youtu.be
Better Call Larry If your high-priced lawyers couldn’t keep you out of prison, some ex-cons say they can help you navigate what comes next. by Amanda Cantrell, Reprinted from Institutional Investor, May 23, 2018 With his omnipresent dark glasses, bald head, and goatee, Larry Levine looks like the kind of guy who might have worked…
Better Call Larry If your high-priced lawyers couldn’t keep you out of prison, some ex-cons say they can help you navigate what comes next. by Amanda Cantrell, Reprinted from Institutional Investor, May 23, 2018 With his omnipresent dark glasses, bald head, and goatee, Larry Levine looks like the kind of guy who might have worked…
By Amanda Cantrell: Reprinted from Institutional Investor, Dec.13, 2018 On a sunny afternoon in May, about a dozen inmates at Otisville prison camp played handball. Adjacent to the court was a low-slung, drably painted housing unit. No perimeter fence or barbed wire surrounded the grounds, located roughly two miles up a winding road through dense,…
By Amanda Cantrell: Reprinted from Institutional Investor, Dec.13, 2018 On a sunny afternoon in May, about a dozen inmates at Otisville prison camp played handball. Adjacent to the court was a low-slung, drably painted housing unit. No perimeter fence or barbed wire surrounded the grounds, located roughly two miles up a winding road through dense,…
Testimony in Support of S.B. No. 172 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Senator Gerratana, Senator Somers, Representative Steinberg and distinguished members of the Public Health Committee. My name is Jeff Grant and I am Executive Director of Family ReEntry, a criminal justice nonprofit with offices and…
Paul Bass photo by Thomas Breen | Mar 7, 2018 1:06 pm Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim is running for governor not despite his past felony convictions — but, he said, in part because he wants to share with Connecticut residents the lessons he learned while behind bars.He also thinks his story of personal and political…
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