Connecticut led the nation in prison population growth in 2002 but the state has experienced a remarkable turnaround due to reforms advocated by experts and community activists. Today Connecticut activists are taking aim at racial disparities in imprisonment by advocating for reform of ineffectual drug-free zone laws. Justice Strategies has documented the push for sentencing reform and supplied movement leaders with cutting-edge research since 2004.
(The Stamford Advocate – Tobin A. Coleman – March 25, 2006)  HARTFORD -- Calling current law racist, activists yesterday pushed for a bill that would shrink the size of zones around schools, day-care centers and public housing that carry stiffer penalties for drug offenses.The b
Connecticut ranks at the top in the nation in the degree of disparity between the rates of incarceration for whites and blacks. Many who advocate for racial justice believe that the state’s mandatory minimum drug laws – including statutes that enhance penalties for offenses that take p