Lamont vetoes prison bill that would have limited solitary confinement
Ken Dixon
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Correction officers react to the announcement Wednesday of Gov. Ned Lamont’s veto of a bill aimed at reforming solitary confinement in state prisons.Ken Dixon / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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One of the guard houses at the Northern Correctional Institution in Enfield.Hearst Connecticut Media file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Community activist Barbara Fair, in a 2020 file photo.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday vetoed controversial legislation that would have limited the amount of time incarcerated people could be kept in solitary confinement and the use of restraints.