Connecticut state police – Chris Powell column

Governor should make prisons account for deaths of inmates

By CHRIS POWELL Criminally convicted people are generally not very healthy. Many have smoked, abused drugs and alcohol, and become mentally ill or close to it. So it’s to be expected that some will die in prison. But since prisons are government institutions largely concealed from the public, government should account fully for every deathContinue reading “Governor should make prisons account for deaths of inmates”

Troopers aren’t so racist; and integrity arrives late

By Chris Powell Connecticut’s state police department turns out not to have been a big racist conspiracy after all, according to an investigation of the “fake ticket” scandal that was ordered by Governor Lamont and conducted by former U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly and her law firm. According to the investigation, whose report was published lastContinue reading “Troopers aren’t so racist; and integrity arrives late”