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Connecticut Passes Law to Protect Women, Transgender Prisoners
by Dale Chappell
In May 2018, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law SB-13, a bill that will bring fairness and dignity to women and transgender prisoners, his office said.
The bill, which received unanimous votes in both chambers of the General Assembly, specifies that women prisoners will not ...
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- Former Guard Who Scalded Florida Prisoner to Death Hired, Fired by Police Department, by David Reutter
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