Good Morning. Today at 10 am, the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee will hold a virtual nomination hearing regarding Acting DOC Commissioner Angel Quiros, Jr., Governor Lamont’s nominee to become the next DOC Commissioner. Smart Justice has some thoughts.
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Racial disparities in CT prisons are among the worst in the country. Because of systemic racism, Black people in CT are 9.4 times more likely, and Latinx people 3.91 times more likely, to be incarcerated than white people here.
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CT has made progress toward reducing the number of people it incarcerates. But it has made NO progress toward eliminating racial disparities in incarceration. That was true before the pandemic. It's true now. The DOC Commissioner has the power to help change this, if they want.
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Whoever becomes the next DOC Commissioner, that person MUST publicly commit to prioritizing decarceration and racial justice policies. The legislature, whose job is to interview and vote on the nominee, must do its part to set that expectation.https://www.acluct.org/en/news/next-doc-commissioner-must-commit-decarceration-and-racial-justice …
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release people the state is holding pretrial for certain offenses on conditions set by the DOC