Public hearing highlight frustrations over Connecticut prison conditions after state watchdog report

Public hearing highlight frustrations over Connecticut prison conditions after state watchdog report

Imagine being in a building covered in mold and infested with rats. That’s the reality for correction officers and inmates across Connecticut, according to a scathing report from a state watchdog. A public hearing on Thursday provided space for people to testify. “These are not isolated incidents. They are, in fact, systemic failures,” Alicia Strong, co-founder of CT People Survival...