Connecticut
This guide was developed by the Gault Center New England Region and offers key insights on sex offense registration requirements for youth based on the practice and experience of youth defense practitioners in New England states.
On August 29, 2024, the DOJ and the Connecticut Department of Correction entered into a settlement agreement with the following goals: “(1) ensure that children at Manson are not subjected to prolonged and improper isolation; (2) ensure that children at Manson receive appropriate mental health care; and (3) ensure that children at Manson receive appropriate…
On December 21, 2021, the DOJ released its investigation of the Connecticut Manson Youth Institution, finding that the conditions violate young people’s rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. In its Investigation, the DOJ stated “specifically, we find that Manson’s isolation practices and inadequate mental health services seriously…
This case holds that the superpredator theory constituted materially false, and, therefore, unreliable, evidence on which the sentencing court substantially relied and that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the defendant?s motion to correct an illegal sentence.
From the introduction: “This report will describe, dissect, and draw lessons from Connecticut’s striking success in juvenile justice reform for other states and communities seeking similar progress. The first section details the timeline and dimensions of change in Connecticut’s juvenile justice system over the past two decades. In 1992, Connecticut routinely locked up hundreds of…
