Monthly Archives: May 2011

Conn. to help Inmates pare child-support bills

Posted on May 27, 2011 by cure connecticut

Conn. to help inmates pare child-support bills (AP) – May 1, 2011 ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Julaquis Minnifield was sitting in his prison cell last summer when he received a notice from the state of Connecticut that he owed more … Continue reading →

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Prison Love

Posted on May 25, 2011 by cure connecticut

PRISON LOVE FACTS  When people are imprisoned they lose their freedom and their rights. They forgo intimate connections with the ones they love. But human beings are persistent creatures and love can penetrate the thickest of prison walls. Learn more. … Continue reading →

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California to Cut Prisoner Population

Posted on May 25, 2011 by cure connecticut

May 23, 2011   Justices, 5-4, Tell California to Cut Prisoner Population By ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON — Conditions in California’s overcrowded prisons are so bad that they violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment, the Supreme Court … Continue reading →

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Bill No. 6391

Posted on May 12, 2011 by cure connecticut

January Session, 2011 Substitute House Bill No. 6391 House of Representatives, May 11, 2011 The Committee on Appropriations reported through REP. WALKER of the 93rd Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the House, that the substitute bill … Continue reading →

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Defense Contractors Using Prison Labor to Build High-Tech Weapons

Posted on May 12, 2011 by cure connecticut

Defense Contractors Using Prison Labor to Build High-Tech Weapons Systems By Mike Elk, AlterNet Posted on April 28, 2011, Printed on May 11, 2011 http://www.alternet.org/story/150777/defense_contractors_using_prison_labor_to_build_high-tech_weapons_systems It is a little known fact of the attack on Libya that some of the … Continue reading →

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ACLU CT/May 13th ’11 School-To-Prison Pipeline Explored

Posted on May 12, 2011 by cure connecticut

Student Rights – ACLU’s new executive director: ‘Safe AND free’ – Union & Foundation – Our Staff – Press Room – Our Board – Our Volunteers – Sharing Contact Information – Contact Us – Employment – Death Penalty – Drug Policy – Free Speech – Immigrants’ Rights – LGBT Rights – National Security – Privacy and … Continue reading →

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A Disturbing New Trend: Jailing Poor Black Mothers for Trying to Educate…

Posted on May 12, 2011 by cure connecticut

A Disturbing New Trend: Jailing Poor Black Mothers for Trying to Educate Their Children In a case very similar to one in Akron, Ohio, we wrote about a few months ago, a Connecticut homeless woman is currently facing felony charges … Continue reading →

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Documentary: Blocking the Exit

Posted on May 11, 2011 by cure connecticut

Documentary: Blocking the Exit Justice Policy Institute & Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative Published: February 24, 2011 There are currently 2,657 people serving parole eligible life sentences in Maryland. It is one of only three states where the Governor must approve … Continue reading →

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Lincoln, Douglass and the “Double-Tougued Document”

Posted on May 8, 2011 by cure connecticut

  May 6, 2011, 9:30 pm <!– — Updated: 9:30 pm –>Lincoln, Douglass and the ‘Double-Tongued Document’ By DAVID W. BLIGHT The two months following Lincoln’s inauguration found Frederick Douglass struggling to understand and bitterly demoralized by the president’s policies, … Continue reading →

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Nationwide Prison Legal News Prison Phone Contracts Survey

Posted on May 7, 2011 by cure connecticut

Nationwide PLN Survey Examines Prison Phone Contracts, Kickbacks April 2011 by John E. Dannenberg An exhaustive analysis of prison phone contracts nationwide has revealed that with only limited exceptions, telephone service providers offer lucrative kickbacks (politely termed “commissions”) to state … Continue reading →

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