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"I don't agree with solitary confinement as a response to the pandemic," says Tenille Bonilla of @CTJJA, who also speaks to the need to prevent more youth from entering the system.

Connecticut Chief Public Defender Christine Rapillo, speaking about people who are pre-trial, says the state must continue "to protect people's due process rights," including because access to a lawyer is critical for pre-trial release.

"The other thing we need to do is limit intake as much as possible," says Christine Rapillo.

"We want to get them out, and not have them come back. We want them to get out and be supported," says Christine Rapillo.

"The easiest way to keep people out from in front of the COVID-19 steamroller is to keep them out of the prison system entirely," says Dan Barrett, ACLU-CT legal director.

"We're asking the Judiciary to consider modifying its rules ... for a judge to consider, 'is it wise, during this pandemic, to hold someone for lack of money, or is there something else we can do'?" - Dan Barrett

"It's important there is a plan, a unified theory by the government, to get people out," says Dan Barrett.

Dan Barrett describes additional options: the Gov. can issue a temporary reprieve, the DOC can release pre-trial people under certain conditions, programs like furlough & community supervision, the DOC can release a person directly to home confinement for certain low-level cases.