Why I am a Progressive legislator
On Earth Day, some legislative colleagues and I joined about 40 young environmental activists at Hartford’s Riverfront Plaza for a “Meet Your Legislator” event hosted by the youth-led Sunrise Movement. I got there a bit early, and, standing on the stage beneath the awning, watched the young activists walk up the wooded path along the Connecticut River with garbage bags slung over their shoulders. After a morning spent picking up all manner of human detritus – soda bottles, discarded plastic gloves and beer cans they were eager to cool off and talk about environmental bills moving through the legislature.
Advocates push to end solitary confinement at CT prisons
Lisa Backus
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A woman gestures through the sunroof of a passing car during a protest outside the Bridgeport Correctional Center, in Bridgeport, Conn. April 15, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
For Colleen Lord’s son, a struggle with correction officers put the accused parole violator in solitary confinement, where, she tearfully recalled, he died in March 2019.
Joining lawmakers and advocates Monday, Lord shared her son’s story as she and two other mothers, whose sons were put in similar confinement, showed their support for legislation hoping to end the controversial practice of isolating inmates.