Correction Officers Union
want more protection - WTNH Channel 8
Packed beyond capacity, safety has
become a growing problem behind prison walls. Correction
officers, paid to keep the peace, often find themselves
the target of attacks.
Amann
creates task force to study prison population - Journal
Inquirer
HARTFORD - House Speaker
James A. Amann today launched a task force to study issues
surrounding Connecticut's
growing prison population.
Amann
Forms Prison Assault Task Force - Associated Press
House Speaker James Amann is creating
a new task force that will examine ways to reduce assaults
on staff at Connecticut's
prisons. State lawmakers say they've learned of at least
five attacks in the past eight days, including the stabbings
of two correctional officers at a Montville
state prison.
Speaker
To Tackle Prison Safety – WVIT Channel 30
Speaker Jim Amann, D-Milford, plans
to create a prison safety task force. The group would look
into safety issues within the state's correctional institutions…
New
Task Force To Examine Prison Assaults; Announcement Comes
After Assault Of Prison Guards – WFBS Channel 3
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Brett Owen said he's
been attacked three times by inmates in his 17 years as
a correctional officer. Now, he said, he?s taking a break
from that work to bring attention to the violence taking
place in Connecticut state prisons.
Task
force to study state's prisons - CT Post
HARTFORD — Amid a
rising population and increasing violence in Connecticut prisons, Speaker of the House James
A. Amann on Thursday formed a prison-safety task force to
evaluate statewide health and safety standards.
Prison
Guards' Safety Is Focus Of Task Force - Courant
Bobby J. Beale of Waterbury was already serving
a 37-year prison sentence for felony murder in the robbery
and shooting death of a 22-year-old cook.
Amann
Forms Prison Assault Task Force – WTIC Radio
Press
Release 07/31/08 - REP. LAWLOR: NEW REPORT SHOWS EFFECT
OF RESCISSIONS ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS, Office of Fiscal
Analysis confirms $6.9 million in criminal justice cuts
Funding
(FY 09) Available to State Agencies under the Criminal Justice
Public Acts of 2008
10/1/08
- Prison Populations and Correctional Officer Safety Task
Force Meeting
Focuses on prison staffing and inmate assaults on staff
and on other inmates
