A summary of the history and Connecticut’s movement to end mass incarceration over more than two decades. The Scan, co-authored by Katal staff, included surveys, interviews, and data analysis. Published by the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice, January 2019.
From the scan: “Once the state with one of the highest rates of incarceration in the country – and one marked by severe racial disparities – today, Connecticut is on a new path of decarceration. Over the last 20 years, with advocates, community groups, and elected and appointed officials working together, Connecticut has closed prisons and expanded reentry programs.Today, Connecticut is a national leader in the fight to end mass incarceration in the United States. And while other states often get more attention – Texas because it is conservative; California be-cause it is the largest; New York because it’s a media capital of the world – Connecticut has taken criminal justice reform, across a range of critical measures, further than most other states and stands today in the vanguard of reform.”
