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| Protest against sending prisoners out of state |
| By WTNH |
| Published: 11/10/2003 |
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A rally on the steps of New Haven Police Department last week has folks calling for change in the Connecticut's prison overcrowding problem. The event was organized by Barbara Fair, a member of the group called People Against Injustice. She's also the mother of a prisoner who was sent to the Wallens Ridge facility in Virginia because of prison overcrowding in the state. Fair says the problem starts at police departments and ends with legislators who've been reluctant to pass a bill to fix it. "We've had enough of their tapdancing around the issue. It's time to address prison overcrowding and not address it by bandaid appraoches by sending people out of state," says Fair. "I'm very concerned about alternative sanctions and alternative plans. I support rehabilitation. I support safe streets and safe communities and I do think drugs are a disease and if they can be treated more medically, I think we'll also get some relief," says Chief Francisco Ortiz, New Haven Police Department. Fair also says there needs to be a drug treatment program so that inmates can learn behavior that will keep them out of prison and not add to the overcrowding problem. |
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