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Samantha Lugo typically speaks to her nephew Elijah Hamlin of Norwich at Garner Correctional Institute nearly every day, phone calls that allow Hamlin to maintain a connection with the outside world. ...
Advocates voiced concerns that a state ombudsman with the power to investigate CT prison conditions and complaints hasn't been appointed.
Lawmakers and advocates for incarcerated people called Wednesday for transparency in Connecticut’s prison system in response to an incident at Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown that happened back in September, in which criminal charges have been filed against three correction officers… Anthony Marlak, Joshua Johnson and Patrick McGoldrick. Barbara Fair is the lead organizer of Stop Solitary CT, and yesterday she said video of the event shows an unnamed inmate being “brutally assaulted” by the officers. All three are currently free on $20,000 bond.
Barbara Fair of Stop Solitary CT (Hugh McQuaid/CTNewsJunkie photo) Lawmakers and advocates for incarcerated people called Wednesday for transparency in
Incarcerated people say the recent rise in assaults on correction officers is being used to undercut an increase in out-of-cell time.