Governor Malloy’s Birthday

I received a press release that today is Governor Malloy’s birthday and they are going to present him with a birthday card later today.  The press release said if you would like to add your wishes electronically to post them here- http://action.ctdems.org/page/s/sign-governor-malloy-s-birthday-card-

If you don’t want to fill out that form with your contact info you can post it in our comments.

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(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy is directing U.S. and State of Connecticut flags to be flown at half-staff in the state in honor of the four United States Marines and a United States Navy officer slain in a Chattanooga, Tennessee shooting.  The Governor and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statement:

 

“Connecticut and the nation stands with the people of Tennessee and the many communities that have been devastated by this tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of the victims as they are laid to rest – and with the states across the nation who are mourning the loss of their citizens.”

 

Flags will remain at half-staff through sunset on Tuesday, July 21.

Number of Prisoners Aged 18-21 Drops 51% Over Six Years

 

(State of CT Press Release)  Today OPM’s Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division released additional information on trends in the state’s prison population.

 

  • On July 1, 2015 Connecticut had 1,011 inmates aged 18-21, down from 2,067 on July 1, 2009, a 51% decrease.  The reduction has been constant each year since 2009 and allows Connecticut to plan for a lower total prison population in the years to come.
  • There has been a similar decline in the number of inmates aged 22-29, but the drop has not been as steep as that of the younger cohort.
  • The number of older inmates has been relatively constant over that same period, fluctuating between 5,400 and 5,600.
  • Inmates under the age of 18 has dropped from 332 in 2009 to 82 in 2015, a decrease of 75%.  Much of this is due to the “Raise the Age” initiative that took full effect in July, 2012.
  • The dramatic decline in younger adult inmates tracks the decline in the number of arrests of persons 18-21.  Between 2009 and 2013, the last year we have complete data for arrest by age, the drop was 38%.

This is encouraging for two reasons:  First, crime committed by the youngest adults seems to be dropping more rapidly than crime committed by older offenders, presumable due to the success of reform initiatives such as “Raise the Age” and a variety of school-based diversionary options and second, since most crime is committed by a relatively small number of career criminals; fewer younger offenders entering the system and beginning a life of crime means significantly less crime in the future.

 

The charts below illustrate the changes in inmate population by age cohort and the changes in total arrests by age cohort.

 

(Estado de CT Comunicado de prensa) Hoy División de Planificación de Políticas y Justicia Penal de la OPM liberados más información sobre las tendencias de la población carcelaria del estado.

 

El 01 de julio 2015 Connecticut tenía 1.011 reclusos 18-21 años de edad, desde 2067 el 1 de julio de 2009, una disminución del 51%. La reducción ha sido constante cada año desde 2009 y permite Connecticut planear para una población carcelaria total más bajo en los años por venir.
Ha habido una disminución similar en el número de reclusos 22-29 años de edad, pero la caída no ha sido tan pronunciada como la de la cohorte más joven.
El número de reclusos de más edad se ha mantenido relativamente constante durante ese mismo periodo, fluctuando entre 5400 y 5600.
Los reclusos menores de 18 ha caído de 332 en 2009 a 82 en 2015, una disminución de 75%. Gran parte de esto se debe a la iniciativa de “elevar la edad” que se llevó a efecto completo en julio de 2012.
El descenso dramático en los reclusos adultos más jóvenes sigue el descenso en el número de detenciones de personas 18-21. Entre 2009 y 2013, el año pasado contamos con datos completos de la detención por la edad, la caída fue del 38%.
Esto es alentador, por dos razones: En primer lugar, los delitos cometidos por los adultos más jóvenes parece estar disminuyendo más rápidamente que el crimen cometido por delincuentes mayores, presumiblemente debido al éxito de las iniciativas de reforma como “aumentar la edad” y una variedad de la escuela basada en opciones y segundo de distracción, ya que la mayor delito es cometido por un número relativamente pequeño de criminales de carrera; un menor número de delincuentes jóvenes que entran en el sistema y comienzan una vida de crimen significa mucho menos crimen en el futuro.

 

Los gráficos siguientes ilustran los cambios en la población reclusa por grupo de edad y los cambios en las detenciones totales por grupo de edad.

Norwalk News: DOT Truck Hit

3:11pm–#cttraffic–#Norwalk CT– Report of a DOT truck hit by a car on the Merritt Parkway northbound near exit 38.  Firefighters just arriving on scene.

 

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Informe de un camión DOT atropellado por un coche en la Merritt Parkway hacia el norte cerca de la salida 38. Los bomberos acaba de llegar a la escena.

Governor Applauds President Shortening Prions Sentences

#HARTFORD, CT – Press Release–Governor Dannel P. Malloy today applauded an announcement by President Barack Obama that he is commuting the sentences of 46 men and women convicted of nonviolent drug offenses who received harsh sentences disproportionate to their crimes.  President Obama noted that overly-harsh sentencing for nonviolent offenses foment a cycle of permanent punishment, making it even harder for those to re-enter society.

 

“These men and women were not hardened criminals, but the overwhelming majority had been sentenced to at least 20 years.  Fourteen of them had been sentenced to life for nonviolent drug offenses, so their punishments didn’t fit the crime,” President Obama said in a video released on the White House Facebook page.  “I believe that America, at its heart, is a nation of second chances, and I believe these folks deserve their second chance.”

 

Governor Malloy said that the President’s message is aligned with the Second Chance Society, smart-on-crime initiatives that he proposed earlier this year.  Just last week, Governor Malloy held a bill signing ceremony to commemorate final passage of the “Second Chance Society” legislation he introduced, which focuses on ensuring that nonviolent drug offenders receive appropriate penalties that do not perpetuate a cycle of permanent punishment, and that serves help ex-offenders become productive workers in our economy.

 

“For too long we invested in permanent punishment instead of permanent reform, as we build modern jails instead of modern schools.  The efforts we are undertaking in Connecticut are part of a much broader movement that all states across our nation – both blue and red – are adopting, and now the President is helping lead the national conversation that is long overdue,” Governor Malloy said.  “For too long, backwards criminal justice policies have hurt too many communities and families.  We can keep our neighborhoods safe, drive down violent crime, and ensure that nonviolent offenders become productive workers in our economy by using strategies that work – and by giving people the second chance upon which our nation was founded.”
President Obama is scheduled to unveil a series of criminal justice reform proposals during a keynote addresstomorrow at the NAACP’s 106th Annual Convention in Philadelphia.

Comunicado de Prensa-gobernador Dannel P. Malloy aplaudió hoy el anuncio del presidente Barack Obama de que está conmutar las sentencias de 46 hombres y mujeres condenados por delitos no violentos de drogas que recibieron duras sentencias desproporcionadas a sus crímenes. El presidente Obama señaló que excesivamente dura condena por delitos no violentos fomentar un ciclo de castigo permanente, lo que hace aún más difícil para las personas para volver a entrar en la sociedad.

 

“Estos hombres y mujeres no estaban endurecidos criminales, pero la inmensa mayoría habían sido condenados a 20 años como mínimo. Catorce de ellos habían sido condenados a cadena perpetua por delitos de drogas no violentos, por lo que sus castigos no se ajustaban a la delincuencia “, dijo el presidente Obama en un video difundido en la página de Facebook de la Casa Blanca. “Creo que Estados Unidos, en su corazón, es una nación de segundas oportunidades, y creo que estas personas merecen su segunda oportunidad.”

 

Gobernador Malloy dijo que el mensaje del Presidente está alineada con la Segunda Oportunidad Sociedad, iniciativas que propuso a principios de este año inteligente contra el crimen. Apenas la semana pasada, el gobernador Malloy celebró una ceremonia de firma proyecto de ley para conmemorar la aprobación definitiva de la legislación “Segunda Oportunidad Sociedad” él introdujo, que se centra en garantizar que los delincuentes no violentos de drogas reciben penas adecuadas que no perpetúan un ciclo de castigo permanente, y que sirve ayuda a los ex delincuentes se vuelven trabajadores productivos en nuestra economía.

 

“Durante demasiado tiempo hemos invertido en el castigo permanente en lugar de una reforma permanente, a medida que construimos cárceles modernas en lugar de las escuelas modernas. Los esfuerzos que estamos realizando en Connecticut son parte de un movimiento mucho más amplio que todos los estados de nuestra nación – tanto azul y rojo – están adoptando, y ahora el presidente está ayudando a llevar la conversación nacional que es desde hace mucho tiempo “, dijo el gobernador Malloy. “Durante demasiado tiempo, hacia atrás las políticas de justicia penal han herido demasiadas comunidades y familias. Podemos mantener nuestros vecindarios seguros, reducir el crimen violento, y garantizar que los delincuentes no violentos se convierten en trabajadores productivos de nuestra economía mediante el uso de estrategias que funcionan -. Y dando a la gente una segunda oportunidad sobre la que se fundó nuestra nación ”
El presidente Obama tiene previsto dar a conocer una serie de propuestas de reforma de la justicia penal durante una addresstomorrow principal en 106a Convención Anual de la NAACP en Filadelfia.

Governor Signs Second Chance Bill

#HARTFORD, CT – (Press Release )Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined lawmakers, state officials and advocates for a bill signing ceremony to commemorate the final passage into law of the “Second Chance Society” legislation the Governor introduced earlier this year.  The package of initiatives is designed to continue the progress being made in reducing the state’s dropping crime rate, which is at a 48-year low, as well as ensuring nonviolent offenders are successfully reintegrated into society and become productive workers in Connecticut’s economy.The legislation was approved late last month with a strong bipartisan vote in both chambers of the General Assembly.

 

“By signing this legislation into law, we are making real, systematic change to our state’s crime fighting strategy.  We can truly be tough on crime by being smart on crime,” Governor Malloy said.  “The cycle our system currently encourages – one of permanent punishment – hurts too many families and communities.  When we should have been focusing on permanent reform, we focused on permanent punishment.  For too long, we built modern jails instead of modern schools.  Because this bill passed, Connecticut has taken a giant step into the future.”

 

The Governor added, “Our law enforcement professionals and courts can focus on lowering crime even further by channeling efforts towards serious, violent criminals and putting them  behind bars for longer sentences.  And most of all, these initiatives are focused on turning nonviolent offenders into productive members of our society that can contribute to our economy, rather than drain it.  Ultimately, this will make our communities safer, and will make for a brighter tomorrow in Connecticut.”

 

Governor Malloy noted that the initiatives are similar to criminal justice policies being implemented in states throughout the country – both red and blue – and are supported by elected officials on both sides of the aisle.

 

Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman said, “This legislation represents a new era in smarter criminal justice policy – initiatives we know are effective at driving down crime, keeping our neighborhoods safer, and ensuring ex-offenders become participants in our economy and assets in our communities.”

 

The legislation takes action in several key areas:

 

  • Reduces the penalty for possession of drugs from a felony with a seven-year maximum sentence (2 years mandatory if within 1,500 feet of a school or daycare center) to a misdemeanor with a maximum of one year in jail, no mandatory jail sentence.
  • Establishes an expedited parole process for nonviolent, no-victim offenses.  This will allow decisions to be made without the necessity of a formal hearing in order to ensure that all eligible prisoners have a hearing well in advance of their eligibility date.
  • Establishes an expedited pardons process for ex-offenders in nonviolent, no-victim cases after a period of time following the end of their full sentence.  The Board of Pardons will write regulations establishing the process, as required in the legislation.  The bill also requires every offender to be provided with a plain-language explanation of how and when they are eligible to apply for a pardon at the time of sentencing, at the completion of probation, at release from prison, and at completion of parole supervision.

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Congressman Himes Former Intern Stabbed To Death

Multiple national news sources are reporting that former intern to Congressman Himes was stabbed to death at a Washington DC train station.    He has been identified by police as Kevin Sutherland age 24.    His Linkedin account says he is now a Digital Strategist at New Blue Interactive in DC.  Transit officers found him at the train station in the 200 block of Florida Avenue.  Fire and EMS said he had no signs of life at the scene.  He worked as an intern for Congressman Himes in 2010 assisting in social media.

Governor Applauds Bipartisan Second Chance Legislation

#HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy is applauding the Connecticut General Assembly for giving bipartisan, final approval today in favor of the “Second Chance Society” legislation he introduced that is designed to continue the progress being made in reducing the state’s dropping crime rate, which is currently at a 48-year low, as well as ensuring nonviolent offenders are being reintegrated into society and become productive members of Connecticut’s economy.

“We can truly be tough on crime by being smarter on crime, and that’s why we’re focusing on initiatives that work.  The cycle our system currently encourages – one of permanent punishment – hurts too many families and communities,” Governor Malloy said.  “When we should have been focusing on permanent reform, we focused on permanent punishment.  For too long, we built modern jails instead of modern schools.  Because this bill passed, Connecticut has taken a giant step into the future.  Our law enforcement professionals and courts can focus on lowering crime even further by channeling efforts towards serious, violent criminals and putting them behind bars for longer sentences.  And most of all, these initiatives are focused on turning nonviolent offenders into productive members of our society that can contribute to our economy, rather than drain it.  Ultimately, this will make our communities safer, and will make for a brighter tomorrow in Connecticut.”

The Governor added, “These are smart criminal justice initiatives that are working in states throughout the country – both red and blue.  And today in Connecticut, we have shown that Democrats and Republicans can come together to enact laws that will have a positive impact on crime reduction.  I want to thank the leadership in the House and the Senate, including Senate President Looney, Speaker Sharkey, Senator Fasano, and Representative Klarides, as well as the Judiciary Committee chairmen and ranking members – Senator Coleman, Representative Tong, Senator Kissel and Representative Rebimbas – and the bipartisan majority who have moved this bill to my desk so that I can sign it into law.”

Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman said, “This legislation is part of a smarter, more strategic approach to reducing crime and recidivism.  Under Governor Malloy’s leadership, crime has dropped and Connecticut communities are safer – this is paramount to a better quality of life for all residents.  Improving how we prepare and reintegrate ex-offenders into housing, employment, and services will bolster this progress.  I applaud the legislature for sending this bill to the Governor’s desk.”

Gobernador Dannel P. Malloy aplaude la Asamblea General de Connecticut para dar la aprobación bipartidista, final de hoy a favor de la legislación “Segunda Oportunidad Sociedad” introdujo que está diseñado para seguir los progresos realizados en la reducción de la tasa de criminalidad caer del estado, que se encuentra actualmente a un bajo de 48 años, así como garantizar los delincuentes no violentos están siendo reintegrados a la sociedad y convertirse en miembros productivos de la economía de Connecticut.

“Nosotros realmente podemos ser duros con el crimen por ser más inteligente sobre la delincuencia, y por eso nos estamos enfocando en iniciativas que funcionan. El ciclo de nuestro sistema fomenta actualmente – una de castigo permanente – duele demasiadas familias y comunidades “, dijo el gobernador Malloy. “Cuando debemos hemos centrado en la reforma permanente, nos centramos en el castigo permanente. Durante demasiado tiempo, hemos construido cárceles modernas en lugar de las escuelas modernas. Debido a que este proyecto de ley aprobado, Connecticut ha dado un paso de gigante hacia el futuro. Nuestros profesionales de la ley y los tribunales pueden centrarse en la reducción de la delincuencia aún más mediante la canalización de esfuerzos hacia graves, criminales violentos y ponerlos tras las rejas por sentencias más largas. Y, sobre todo, estas iniciativas se centran en convertir los delincuentes no violentos en miembros productivos de nuestra sociedad que pueden contribuir a nuestra economía, en lugar de drenarlo. En última instancia, esto hará que nuestras comunidades sean más seguras, y hará que para un mañana más brillante en Connecticut “.

El gobernador añadió: “Se trata de iniciativas de justicia penal inteligentes que trabajan en estados en todo el país – tanto rojo y azul. Y hoy en Connecticut, hemos demostrado que los demócratas y los republicanos pueden unirse para promulgar leyes que tendrán un impacto positivo en la reducción de la delincuencia. Quiero dar las gracias al liderazgo en la Cámara y el Senado, incluyendo el presidente del Senado Looney, altavoz Sharkey, el Senador Fasano, y Representante Klarides, así como los presidentes del Comité Judicial y miembros de alto rango – Senador Coleman, Representante Tong, el senador Kissel y Representante Rebimbas – y la mayoría de ambos partidos que se han trasladado este proyecto de ley a mi despacho para que yo pueda firmar la ley “.

Vicegobernador Nancy Wyman dijo: “Esta legislación es parte de un enfoque más inteligente, más estratégico para reducir la delincuencia y la reincidencia. Bajo el liderazgo del Gobernador Malloy, la delincuencia se ha reducido y las comunidades de Connecticut son más seguros – esto es de suma importancia para una mejor calidad de vida para todos los residentes. La mejora de la forma en que preparamos y reintegrar a los ex delincuentes a la vivienda, el empleo y los servicios a reforzar este progreso. Aplaudo a la legislatura para enviar este proyecto de ley al escritorio del gobernador “.

#HARTFORD, CT– Governor Dannel P. Malloy today directed the LGBT pride flag to be flown at the Governor’s Residence in Hartford in recognition of the U.S. Supreme Court decision this morning.

 

“This is a historic moment, and we should recognize and celebrate its significance.  Equality, freedom, justice and liberty – all recognized by the Supreme Court in this ruling that moves our nation forward.  I am proud to fly the pride flag at the Residence today,” Governor Malloy said.

(Office of the Governor Press Release)

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