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Connecticut should restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated James Jeter, left Perfecting American democracy demands ending voting bans for persons with felony convictions. Denying people on parole – denying me – the right to vote and have a say, is the denial of my citizenship. I was born on this soil, but this ban says I am a noncitizen. I dwell in a space of civic death, a space void of voice, and full of suppressed inherent rights. Regardless of every stride that I take: a college student, a nonprofit director, a husband, a father, and yet I am somehow, at all times, found la...

1:10 Connecticut restored voting rights for people on probation almost two decades ago. Now, advocates want state lawmakers to give that right to people on parole, too. But they say many people touched by the justice system still do not know they have a right to vote. James Jeter directs Unlock The Vote. He was incarcerated for over 19 years before helping restore voting rights for the reentry community. He said communities he works with often don’t make a habit of voting. “The larger issue is, is that, when you’re poor, it doesn’t matter who is in power. You’re pretty much remainin...

Last March and April, CCJ talked to dozens of fleets about how the COVID-19 outbreak was impacting their daily operations, their business opportunities and their personnel. We’re catching up with some of those same fleets a year later to see how they’re faring – and to recap what’s happened in the time since. Bee-Line Transport operates a 60-truck regional fleet out of Houston, Texas. When we caught up with safety director James Jeter this week to recap the past year, the fleet was fresh off dealing with last week's torrential weather across Texas and other parts of the Southeast. "I...

After killing cousin, Clyde Meikle found purpose in prison. Now he's getting out early. Kelan Lyons, CTMirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail 1of17 Cheshire Correctional Institution on Sept. 23, 2020. Thirteen years earlier, the site of an informal mock trial for incarcerated men organized by Clyde Meikle.Yehyun Kim / CTMirror.orgShow MoreShow Less 2of17 A photo of Clyde Meikle from a graduation ceremony for his associate’s degree on display in his mother’s home.Yehyun Kim / CTMirror.orgShow MoreShow Less 3of17 4of17 Dimaya Williams, 6, looks at photos of her uncle Clyde Meikle in prison with h...

Clyde Meikle is a "poster boy candidate" for release from prison. If he can't get a sentence modification, who can?