Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a new bill into law on Tuesday (5/10/22) that would reduce the amount of consecutive days a CT prisoner could spend in solitary confinement.
Complaints about the post. to suddenly say you have no more ombudsman who can make more judges about news gathering and what the post reports is a mistake. geneva, is this about saving money in these belt-tightening times or is this in part about shielding an institution from criticism? that is a good question and i wish we had a clearer expectation. i think one of the things that s most frustrating is it isn t clear why they did it. we can all sympathize with financial difficulties. you ve been an editor. exactly. it s hard to make ends meet. right. but is this a special job to increase the paper s credibility because they were willing to post weekly criticism of themselves. absolutely. this is the most distinguished ombudsman position in the u.s. and has been for decades. i was privileged to hold it. i saw the real independence of it. when the new york times decided to do the public editor