![]() ![]() … beaten like it’s still slavery times… kezlyn mendez Kezlyn Mendez I been to jail 18 times just thrown in the cell like an animal.” “The DOC refuses to act on my mental health as if nothing is wrong with me. … just thrown in the cell… jonathan perdue Jonathan Perdue “I didn’t have a window so I could look outside to see if it was day or night time.” I didn’t have a window … Richard nau Richard Nau They use food as a weapon to punish us in isolation.” The food portions in solitary confinement are smaller than the general population. So you are left to starve for 12.5 hours from dinner until breakfast because commissary is not permitted during punitive segregation. … food as a weapon… vernon vassell Vernon Vassell “Being locked up so much makes you feel like an animal when you lock an animal up for long periods of time then let him out, they go crazy.” … you feel like an animal … gerald terry Gerald Terry If you are treated like an animal, you tend to behave as such.” “After being apprised of the studies and research by the scientific community regarding this subject matter, I have come to the conclusion and belief that I became a worse criminal and person because of the treatment subjected to. … a worse criminal and person … victor jordan Victor Jordan “Being a twenty-three-year-old young male incarcerated at time where mental health treatment is not offered to individuals in a timely manner or as needed when rehabilitation is supposed to be the goal before reentering the community, not only is this the total opposite, but it’s worse because DOC is now allowing emotionally, mentally, and socially unstable individuals back into the community with lack of resources and tools to properly be a productive individual in the community.” … rehabilitation is supposed to be the goal … vanshawne wheeler Vanshawne Wheeler But just the simple things that should be given to us inmates are not being held by staff or overseers to them.” Maybe that’s why I have lost my way, and find myself back behind these walls … I understand that this is not suppose to be anything like freedom. “Sometimes this place makes you forget who you are. … this place makes you forget who you are. ![]() The consequences are more than punishing the wrongdoers - they’re punishing everyone.” Women can’t mother their children, who grow up with problems of their own. Men can’t have healthy relationships or hold jobs, which harms their families and lands them back in prison. ![]() Human beings are social animals - when you deprive them of social interaction there are irreparable consequences. “I’ve seen and experienced firsthand the dehumanizing effects of sensory deprivation and long-term confinement, and they’re ugly. … more than punishing the wrongdoers … noah hendron Noah Hendron We are sent to prison as punishment, not to be punished.” “Some may even say, ‘Well, that’s prison.’ While I agree that prison should not be a comfortable experience, it should also not be a harmful one. Mayors and moms call for reforms to target repeat gun offenders “I would like to remember how it feels to be a person, not just a number,” Robert Homar told legislators. The second is the six-digit prisoner ID number provided to them by the state. The first thing written in the top left of each envelope is the incarcerated person’s name. In a last-minute twist, Department of Correction Commissioner Angel Quiros testified before the Judiciary Committee Friday morning that he had reached an agreement with Stop Solitary CT, an advocacy group that has been pushing for years to end solitary confinement, on substitute language that would increase prisoners’ out-of-cell time and establish an independent office that would have oversight of the prison system.īelow are excerpts from letters submitted as written testimony. Lawmakers are trying again this year to enshrine the curtailment of solitary confinement in law. Gary Winfield, D-New Haven and co-chair of the Judiciary Committee, expressed concern over, since executive orders can simply be rescinded if a governor no longer wants to adhere to them. Ned Lamont issued an executive order, which Sen. The legislature passed a bill last year reducing the prison system’s use of solitary confinement, but the governor vetoed it. ![]()
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