The ACLU of Connecticut has sued the governor s and attorney general s offices, saying the state s prison debt law violates the excessive-fines clause of the U.S. Constitution. Since 1997, Connecticut law has required people who have been in prison to repay the state for the cost of their incarceration. .
Two state residents filed a federal, class-action lawsuit Monday against Gov. Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong to eliminate the state law that requires former inmates to pay for the time they spent in prison, according to the ACLU of Connecticut.