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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over two transgender high school athletes in Connecticut. The lawsuit came from three athletes who said they lost scholarships competing against two trans girls who almost always won. It targeted the state’s athletic conference and several local schools. The lawsuit was filed more than a year ago, and the students involved have since graduated, so the judge said the issue is moot. Elana Bildner is with the ACLU of Connecticut. “Other states should take note that trying to use federal anti-discrimination laws to discriminate against trans kids is not only cruel, but it’s legally baseless,” Bildner said. ....
Cloe Poisson :: CT Mirror.org A sign was taped to a car window calling for the freeing of prisoners at York Correctional Institution in Niantic, Monday, April 13, 2020, during a car protest by community organizers and prison advocates in a park next the womenÕs prison. They were calling for the release of prisoners who are at risk on infection from the Covid-19 virus. In April, former Commissioner of Department of Correction (DOC) Rollin Cook issued a department-wide memorandum requiring staff “to wear protective face-masks while on duty whenever social distancing is not possible.” Chandra Bozelko Corrections officers in Connecticut aren’t obeying this instruction. They’re not wearing masks, at least not properly and definitely not consistently. That’s what’s caused the precipitous rise in the number of infections and deaths of incarcerated people. As of February 5, 3,816 inmates had tested positive and 19 of them have died from COVID-19 complications; ....
Lawsuit seeks to keep prisoners with mental illness out of Northern Correctional Kelan Lyons, CT Mirror FacebookTwitterEmail Northern Correctional Institution’s use of solitary confinement and in-cell shackling amounts to discrimination against prisoners with mental illnesses, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday that seeks to end those practices. The federal lawsuit filed by Disability Rights Connecticut against the state Department of Correction, Acting Commissioner Angel Quiros and Northern Warden Roger Bowles claims the state discriminates against prisoners with mental illnesses by failing to modify DOC procedures so inmates with mental health conditions can access programs, services and opportunities that other incarcerated people have. ....
Lawsuit seeks to keep prisoners with mental illness out of Northern Correctional Claims solitary confinement and in-cell shackling amount to discrimination A desk and a steel slab that would serve as a frame under a thin mattress at Northern Correctional Institution. The lawsuit alleges those incarcerated at the Somers prison spend up to 24 hours a day in their cells, confined to this space. The image is a still photo corrections officers took of an empty cell for a documentary about the prison, according to lawyers involved in the lawsuit. Northern Correctional Institution’s use of solitary confinement and in-cell shackling amounts to discrimination against prisoners with mental illnesses, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday that seeks to end those practices. ....
1:00 Advocates say one of President Joe Biden’s first executive orders shows hopes for transgender high school athletes in Connecticut. The order bans discrimination based on gender identity in school sports. Four high school track runners sued in 2019 to prevent two transgender girls from competing alongside them. The Trump administration backed their claim the transgender girls had an unfair advantage. Elana Bildner is with the ACLU of Connecticut. “It certainly helped those private plaintiffs to know they had a friend in the White House. And to be able to try to cite to the very twisted interpretations of civil rights laws that the former administration had,” Bildner said. ....