NCJ Number
107301
Date Published
Unknown
Length
30 pages
Annotation
This document provides an overview of Connecticut's correctional facilities and programs.
Abstract
The Connecticut Department of Corrections came into existence in 1968. The Department houses about 5,700 inmates in 15 facilities; contracts an additional 235 beds in halfway houses; and provides a variety of contract reentry services. The Department also provides parole supervision and supervised home release. The State's maximum security facility, housing about 1,400 inmates, offers a variety of services, including vocational and educational training, addiction and counseling services, an inmate newspaper, and prison industries. Specialized programs include materials for the blind, family visiting, and a sex offender program. The minimum security facility houses about 600 inmates in dormitories and also offers a variety of programs and services. The Manson Youth Institution offers educational, life management, addiction, and recreational programs. Specialized programs in the State's facility for women include legal workshops, a parent-child coordinator and a child visitation program, keypunch training, and nontraditional job training (plumbing, electrical maintenance, machine shop). Other facilities include jails and detention centers. List of information resources.