Good Morning.
Connecticut’s prison population has now officially been reduced by half since its peak in 2008.
While fewer people in prison is good news, we’re not celebrating, and we’re still fighting.
Here’s why (THREAD) 
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The reduction is leaving Black and Latinx people behind. Our state's prison system was most harming Black and Latinx people at peak and is still most harming Black and Latinx people today.
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Connecticut hasn't taken the necessary steps to prevent incarceration from going right back up. The state still hasn’t prevented discrimination against people reentering society, reduced policing, taken control of prosecutors, closed Northern, ended cash bail, and more.
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The 9,945 people who are incarcerated today, on July 1, 2020, are people, whose lives, health, and dignity matter. 9,945 people may be less than 2008, but it’s still more than any other point in Connecticut’s history before 1990.
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And again, because we can’t say it enough times: Connecticut’s prison population remains a reflection of racism at the bedrock of the criminal legal system – racism that definitely hasn’t been rooted out.
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Everyone has to keep fighting. Connecticut's 50% reduction shows that reducing incarceration is completely possible, and it also shows exactly how much more work needs to be done.
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