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Advocates for people behind bars in Connecticut say they want swift changes to the state’s prison health care system. An Office of the Correction Ombuds report from earlier this year found nearly 1,600 people in prison awaiting appointments for off-site medical treatment. The latest report showed the office received around 2,000 complaints about the Department of Correction’s health services. Barbara Fair, executive director of the group Stop Solitary CT, said it has been a long-standing problem. "People have waited for years to get specialty services. People reportedly have died waiting for services and many have gone home with so many diseases and chronic illnesses as the result of medical neglect," Fair pointed out. The state has enacted a new law to improve prison healthcare. It takes a multifaceted approach, requiring the state to provide medically necessary procedures at on-site or off-site facilities and to keep electronic health records. It also creates a Correction Medical and Health Commission to draft a 10-year plan to improve medical, nutrition, behavioral health and healthcare services for incarcerated people. Fair's group said other changes are needed, including hiring more healthcare professionals to work for the Department of Corrections. She noted some people have left the
Gov. Ned Lamont asked for the resignations of his cabinet Friday, the first step to assessing what changes he intends to make before Jan. 6.
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Connecticut's congressional delegation is set to take over committees overseeing the federal budget, as well as the wars in Iran and Ukraine.
Gov. Ned Lamont and Former Deputy Political Director for the National GOP and Fairfield University Professor Gayle Alberda join the show this week.
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A recount of all of Wallingford's ballots is set to take place Friday following a counting error, and the rest of state Senate District 34's ballots will also be counted with a Tuesday deadline. Nearly 39,000 people came to polls in state senate District 34, and just 25 of those...
The Middlebury Historical Society will hold its Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Shepardson Community Center Auditorium, 1172 Whittemore Road in Middlebury. Following the brief business meeting, Historical Society Vice President Michael Simms III, M.D., will present “Scurvy: Low C on the High Seas.” The...
A recent audit found SERC officials underreported $13.6 million in vendor expenditures to Connecticut's Open Checkbook. The post Audit: SERC underreported $13.6 M to Open Paycheck appeared first on Inside Investigator .
Letter writer says Republicans need to build a principled opposition to far-left politics.
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and Insurance Commissioner Joshua Hershman are encouraging residents to review their health insurance options and see whether they qualify for financial assistance as the state’s annual open enrollment period begins through Access Health CT, the state’s official health insurance marketplace.
The views stated here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors of this newspaper. We welcome supporting or opposing views on any published item. Received November 6, 2026. Election night, as a Republican candidate, was obviously very disappointing. Connecticut, along with the whole...
The election registrar also reported an internet outage to the Secretary of the State's office on Wednesday in an email.
State attorneys general on Friday announced a health care services company has agreed to pay $300,000 and make sweeping changes to its security practices following a March 2023 breach exposing the data of more than 13 million people nationwide. The case, brought by AGs in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York...
Unofficial results from this year’s midterms came relatively quickly Tuesday night, with Democrats winning the gubernatorial race and other statewide seats as well as the U.S. House seat in District 1. These were expected. What was not expected in Bristol was a long-time Republican incumbent in the 77th State...
An empty building can feel unsettling even in broad daylight. Add a complicated history and years of abandonment, and suddenly every dark window seems to raise another question. Who worked there? What was daily life like?. One abandoned Connecticut sanatorium has a haunting past that continues to attract curiosity long...
Retirement is supposed to mean having a little more freedom with your time and money. But when winter heating bills start eating into a fixed income, things can get complicated pretty quickly. And moving somewhere more affordable suddenly doesn’t sound like such a strange idea. For some Connecticut retirees,...
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