Correction Department – Chris Powell column

Prisons aren’t the only agency that could use an ‘ombudsman’

By Chris Powell With their residents locked in and the public locked out, Connecticut’s prisons are inevitably far more secretive than other agencies of government. Combine this secrecy with the disdain for prisoners and the decline of journalism and prisons become especially susceptible to malfeasance, misconduct, and abuse of power. Criminal justice in Connecticut isContinue reading “Prisons aren’t the only agency that could use an ‘ombudsman’”

‘Creative’ thinking isn’t answer to youth crime; standards are

By Chris Powell What should Connecticut do with juvenile criminal offenders, who are increasingly a problem? By legislation this year the General Assembly and Governor Lamont required the Judicial Department to develop a plan for removing minors from adult prisons. That the Judicial Department has anything to do with administering prisons is a gross violationContinue reading “‘Creative’ thinking isn’t answer to youth crime; standards are”