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| Few answers on sex-offender facility |
| By theday.com |
| Published: 03/30/2011 |
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Hartford - At the end of a one-hour meeting with the governor's chief of staff Tuesday, the mayor of Montville was blunt. The discussion he had just had about a proposed residential sex-offender facility on state prison grounds in town was largely a repeat of what he had been told in the past. "We went over the same thing a year ago," Mayor Joseph Jaskiewicz said. "So what we know now is what we knew a year ago. Nothing's new." Much of the luster leading up to the meeting disappeared as soon as Tim Bannon, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's chief of staff, told the Montville officials that he would not discuss the methods the state used in choosing Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center as the site of the facility. He cited the town's ongoing appeal with the state as his reason. That left Jaskiewicz, town councilors and legislators without many answers to their questions. For the majority of the meeting, which was open to the media, Leo Arnone, the commissioner of the Department of Corrections, discussed safety measures planned for the sex-offender facility. Bannon started the meeting by saying the facility was a problem Malloy's administration inherited. But "like the other problems this administration is inheriting, it is not a problem we're trying to avoid," he said. He then turned to Arnone, who tried to address perceptions about the sex-offender facility. Arnone said the facility would not house "the worst" sex offenders. Rather, the 24-bed facility would be a place for offenders on probation "with a chance to correct their future behavior" to stay for a period of three to six months. Arnone said that offenders would not be allowed to enter the Montville community - except in the case of a medical emergency. They would also be under constant supervision by a minimum of three staff members, tested for drugs and alcohol and returned to their communities of origin once completing the program, he said. After the meeting, several Montville town councilors said information they heard Tuesday represented a change in what they were told in the past. Nonetheless, Town Council Chairwoman Donna Jacobson suggested the distinction is not a breakthrough. Jacobson said the town's lawyer, Michael P. Carey of Suisman and Shapiro, submitted the town's requests for a memorandum of understanding with the state two months ago. Jacobson said the state has not responded. Bannon did say Tuesday he hoped to reach a memorandum of understanding - "a piece of paper spelling out what we're going to do to make sure this is a secure facility." That did not satisfy the councilors. "There is still a tremendous amount of ambiguity," Jacobson said. Jacobson and Councilors Candy Buebendorf, Billy Caron, Ellen Hillman and Dana McFee attended Tuesday's meeting. Councilor Gary Murphy was absent, citing his employment with the Department of Corrections, and so was Councilor Russ Beetham, a former first selectman and mayor. State Reps. Betsy Ritter, D-Waterford, Tom Reynolds, D-Ledyard, and Kevin Ryan, D-Montville, were also there along with state Sens. Edith Prague, D-Columbia, and Andrea Stillman, D-Waterford. Ryan played a part in arranging the meeting. He said that Arnone did explain a few misconceptions. Still, he said, the meeting did not accomplish what he had hoped. "The best I can say about it is it keeps the conversation going," Ryan said. Read More. |
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