![]() It offered elements of a testimonial, a religious revival and political rally, replete with stories of failure and redemption, gratitude and bitterness, and a call to action. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven, a member of the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus. On Wednesday, Giles greeted a procession of men and women at the Legislative Office Building who praised his service and called him a victim of political cowardice and fear-mongering… Wednesday’s event was organized by Barbara Fair of New Haven, a longtime advocate of prison reform, and Rep. Ned Lamont as chair of the Board of Pardons and Paroles after a backlash to the dramatic increase in the commutation of prison sentences. Giles, the pastor and former police officer removed by Gov. A month later, defense for Carleton Giles and his 71 commutationsīy Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror, May 18, 2023Ĭontroversy swirled last month around Carleton J. She did not say what type of investigation caused the lockdown, or how often such lockdowns occur. Barbara Fair, lead organizer with prison reform advocates Stop Solitary Connecticut, said an investigation was a way around the 2022 PROTECT Act, which limited the amount of time prisoners may be kept in isolation. “We are unable to share details due to it being an active investigation.” McCarthy confirmed that the lockdown ended Monday. “New Haven Correctional Center was placed on lockdown on Friday, May 19,” said state Department of Correction spokesperson Ashley McCarthey said Monday. Prison reform advocates say that flies against the spirit, if not the letter of a 2022 law. Inmates at New Haven Correctional Center recently spent three days in a facility-wide lockdown. Advocates want answers.īy Jordan Nathaniel Fenster, Register Citizen, May 24, 2023 ![]() “What are they charging for? You can go to a luxurious hotel for less than that a day with all the amenities.” CT prison placed on lockdown for three days. The per-day cost Connecticut charges inmates for being incarcerated, which some say is already the highest in the United States, is likely to go up. Inmates in Connecticut are charged $249 a day, but a state Department of Correction spokesperson confirmed by email that a $74 increase to $323 a day is “nearly finalized.”…“Hearing that the daily rate for incarceration in Connecticut is going into $323 a day is just totally crazy,” said Barbara Fair, the lead organizer for Stop Solitary Connecticut, an organization that aims to end the use of solitary confinement in the state. Soon that charge will increase.īy Jordan Nathaniel Fenster, CT Insider, May 28, 2023 Senate Bill 1196 passed the House on a 125-18 vote, with eight people absent, after unanimous approval among the Senate’s 36 legislators earlier this month. House lawmakers on Tuesday passed a watered-down version of a bill that initially sought to end routine strip searches in Connecticut’s prisons and jails, sending the revised legislation to Gov. “They want to wear us down, so I’m trying my best to not do that.” House advances bill that requires study, not limits of strip searches It’s disheartening.”… Despite her frustrations, Fair pushes forward. “Walking away is what they want us to do,” she says, leaning back in her seat. Sitting in Zoi’s on Grove Street in New Haven, wearing a bright yellow T-shirt and earrings reading “RESPECT,” she reflects. “My work is really focused on people in New Haven, but I can’t live there,” Fair said, glancing out the window. © 2021 James Pietragallo & Jimmie WhismanIn the News Barbara Fair, criminal justice activist, momīy Madeline Papcun, CT Mirror, June 14, 2023īarbara Fair has been a social justice activist in Connecticut for more than 50 years, working primarily in criminal justice. Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at. Go to for all things CIS & STM!!Ĭontact us on. crimeinsports or with using our email: all the CIS & STM merch at ![]() Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whismanĭonate at. !We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!! Sell crack while in the 5th grade, be addicted to Mountain Dew, and make a difference in the lives of thousands of kids with Caron Butler!! This is is wild tale, and we can't believe how it ends! He ran the streets, sold drugs, carried a gun, and was arrested more than 10 times, even being sent to prison at 15! Somehow, through all of that, he made a successful, and very lucrative NBA career happen. From extremely humble beginnings, he was selling both newspapers, and cocaine by age 11. This week, we track a story that has been a long time, in the making, and has aq little bit different ending than we're used to.
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