A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a verdict that found Connecticut’s Department of Correction violated the constitutional rights of an inmate by forcing him to wear full shackles during his outside exercise periods. A jury had concluded that convicted killer Michael Edwards was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment by the department and then-warden […]
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When her son Michael told her in June that he was being transferred to the Osborn Correctional Institution from a prison in Newtown, Dorothea Ferrigon thought his two-year ordeal was almost over.
Osborn’s location in Somers was much closer to the family’s Bloomfield home, which meant it would be easier to visit him. Even better, he’d been placed on a waiting list for a halfway house that would likely be in the Hartford area. His release, it appeared, was imminent.
But then COVID struck the prisons, the state Department of Correction halted visitations, and the family worried about “Big Mike,” who had both diabetes and asthma.
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BRIDGEPORT, CT A prisoner in the Connecticut Department of Correction system passed away from complications related to COVID-19, according to a statement. The person s name is not being released due to medical privacy laws.
The 53-year-old man had been transferred from Bridgeport Correctional Center to an outside hospital for treatment Dec. 30, 2020, where he succumbed to his illnesses late Sunday evening
The deceased person had suffered from underlying health issues which made him more susceptible to contracting the novel coronavirus.
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He last entered prison in March of 2019 and was awaiting trial on multiple charges of possessing child pornography. His bail was set at $155,000.
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Jan. 24, 2021
The Department of Correction has distributed more than 1,500 computer tablets to inmates incarcerated at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution. In addition to being able to access Agency approved educational and programming materials, the tablets will also allow the inmates to communicate with their loved ones via email through a secure, closed computer network.
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Inmates will not have access to the internet.
The intent is to provide educational and programming materials for the inmates use in hopes of ultimately reducing recidivism. Offenders will have access to a variety of educational materials - including books and educational videos - at no cost. They will also have the opportunity to purchase additional materials such as electronic books, and music.
Columns share an author’s personal perspective. No one should go to prison over a typo, but Renel Domond did. Domond had been granted parole in 2017 after serving nearly nine years in prison. But on Nov. 13, 2020, the Connecticut Department of Corrections’ “elite, highly trained, seven-person fugitive unit” task force - as the Hartford Courant called it in 2012 - tracked Domond down outside a Vitamin Shoppe in Stamford and took him to nearby Bridgeport