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If ever there was an institution exemplifying the adage “the road to hell is paved with good intentions,” solitary confinement in our prisons would be it.
Quakers in England and in Pennsylvania played a large role in the introduction of isolation as an alternative to the mayhem that was prevalent in prisons. In the U.S. a group of reformers, including many Friends (Quakers), developed a vision of the penitentiary as an alternative to these squalid dungeons. The notion at the time was that providing a space for silent, solitary reflection and penitence would result in rehabilitation. Instead, the stark isolation caused people to deteriorate mentally and physically.
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The general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation spoke this week in honor of International Women’s Day at a local event emphasizing that women’s leadership matters, from the local to the national and international levels.
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut held the virtual event Tuesday, which was moderated by Margaret O’Shea, co-chair of the Foundation’s Women & Girls Funds Task Force on Public Policy. This is the second conversation on advancing women’s rights and gender equity.
The Community Foundation asked Diane Randall to speak because of “her leadership role on civic engagement work around policies and practices that create an equitable and just society for all” and because the Quakers were early proponents of women’s rights, said Pam Mola, the foundation’s communications officer.
Prevent transfers of equipment inappropriate for local policing, such as military weapons, long-range acoustic devices, grenade launchers, weaponized drones, armored military vehicles, and grenades or similar explosives.
Require that recipients certify that they can account for all military weapons and equipment. In 2012, the weapons portion of the 1033 program was temporarily suspended after DOD found that a local sheriff gifted out army-surplus Humvees and other supplies. This bill would prohibit re-gifting and require recipients to account for all DOD weapons and equipment.
The bill adds requirements to enforce tracking mechanisms that keep up with and control transfers of the equipment, implements policies ensuring that police agencies can’t surplus the equipment for resale, and defines drones more clearly.