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Mother files lawsuit three years after son's death in DOC custody
Melisia Taylor is fighting for answers after her son’s 2021 death inside MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution.
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Mother files lawsuit three years after son's death in DOC custody
For three years, Melisia Taylor has been fighting for answers about what happened prior to her son’s death inside MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution. She marked the three-year anniversary of that death Thursday with a lawsuit aimed at holding the Department of Correction accountable for the death of Jamari Taylor. “I will never give up on him, to the day I...
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New Haven ex-prisoner reentry program gets federal grant
A program in New Haven to help people reentering society after being released from prison is getting a boost through a $2 million Dept. of Justice grant.
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Face the Facts: Are stricter sentencing guidelines needed for repeat offenders?
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin led a team of mayors, police chiefs and others crafting a proposal to change sentencing guidelines to keep violent, repeat offenders behind bars longer. But as the last legislative session closed, many of those goals in that proposal were not realized. So will we see this up for debate when lawmakers reconvene coming up? NBC...
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CT prison aims to maintain bonds with incarcerated mothers and their children
The playground is the first to be built at a prison in Connecticut and is now available to about 400 inmates that are parents.
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Former CEO of CT Energy Cooperative is Sentenced to Prison for Misusing Funds
The former chief executive officer of the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Corporation has been sentenced to a year in prison for misusing company funds. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said 62-year-old Drew Rankin was sentenced Tuesday for his part in planning, organizing and directing lavish trips outside the state. According to court testimony, Rankin and other members of the Board...
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Lawmakers, Victims' Families Concerned Over Spike in Sentence Commutations
A group of lawmakers and the families of murder victims are raising concerns over a dramatic increase in the number of prisoners applying for and having their sentences commuted.
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Augustin to Remain Confined to Less-Restrictive Care
“There were two other men who saw her lunge, an eight-inch butcher knife through my trachea, so to hear that my injuries are listed as a laceration to my neck, my throat doesn’t work,” Jill Kidik said. Nearly five years after Kidik was stabbed in the neck while responding to a landlord/tenant dispute, the former Hartford police officer spoke...
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Former Hartford Cop Gives Emotional Statement During Hearing
A former Hartford police officer gave an emotional victim impact statement during a hearing that will determine if the woman who brutally attacked her should stay at a less restrictive building at Whiting Forensic Hospital.
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Missouri Man Who Spent Decades in Prison for a Murder Two Others Confessed Seeks Exoneration
A hearing begins Monday in a case that will decide if the conviction should be overturned for a Missouri man who has spent nearly three decades in prison
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Man in Prison for 3 Decades Gets New Trial in Baby's Killing
A Connecticut man imprisoned for the past 28 years for a New Haven shooting that killed a baby and paralyzed her grandmother has been granted a new trial by a judge, who said prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense and city police failed to pursue other suspects — including one who recanted a confession. Judge Jon Alander ordered the new…
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Prison Calls Skyrocket Now That They Are Free
Calls from inmates in Connecticut prisons have risen dramatically since the state ended the practice of charging for them in July.
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Man Who Spent Nearly Four Decades in Prison for Murder Is Cleared by DNA, and Freed
A man who served 38 years in prison for the 1983 abduction and killing of a woman in Inglewood is a free man Friday, with authorities saying newly tested DNA evidence exonerated him of the crime and identified a different person as the culprit in the slaying.