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Connecticut's Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee discussed a proposal on Thursday for the state to spend roughly $67 million renovating and reopening a former heavily scrutinized prisonlike facility for children that closed in 2018.
In its monthly meeting at the Legislative Office Bu
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 devel.
Youth are in crisis: Draconian measures are not the answer- By Lorraine ConnellyConnecticut House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora and state Rep. Craig Fishbein are, again, pursuing legislative efforts for juvenile and criminal justice reform on behalf of constituents’ concerns about stolen vehicles and fears.
They include $64 million to increase police numbers, reduce juvenile crime and revive a gun-tracking task force. The Connecticut governor also wants police to be able to check gun permits for those who openly carry firearms.