In recent years, teenage crime here in Connecticut has been a major concern for police departments and mayors alike. One example: car thefts spurred by a post on TikTok led to a string of thefts of ...
A youth correctional facility in Connecticut will no longer use solitary isolation to discipline children. The U.S. Justice Department has reached an agreement with the state Department of Correction ...
MIDDLETOWN, CT (WFSB) - Should children under 18 be locked up? The CT Justice Alliance says no. The CT Juvenile Training school in Middletown cost 56 million to build; it was shut down about 6 years ...
The Hartford Juvenile Detention Center is located in the Frog Hollow neighborhood of the capital city. KELAN LYONS / CT MIRROR A prominent youth justice organization in Connecticut is calling on ...
The Superior Court for Juvenile Matters and Detention Center is on Broad Street in Hartford. Credit: Kelan Lyons / Connecticut Public CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader ...
The Glastonbury Martin Luther King Community Initiative recently held its first in-person community conversation in two years - this time, it was about juvenile justice reform. With some high profile ...
2025_0326_SR_JudiciaryHearing065 Executive Director of Connecticut Justice Alliance Christina Quaranta listens to a question from Rep. Greg Howard, R-Stonington, at a judiciary committee hearing on ...
Edgardo Patron shows a photo of himself in 2017. Patron was first arrested at age 12, and was incarcerated multiple times before his release in 2021. EMILIA OTTE / CT MIRROR At age 12, Edgardo Patron ...
A prominent youth justice organization in Connecticut is calling on lawmakers to increase the minimum age of arrest from 10 to 14 during next year’s legislative session. The Connecticut Justice ...