Strip searches, restraints, little recreation. CT child advocate report on young men in adult prison

A law passed in 2022 requires all incarcerated men and women in Connecticut to spend at least four hours outside their cells.

Veteran DCF defense attorney discusses Mimi Torres-Garcia case

A veteran attorney who brought cases for decades against the Department of Children and Families said the agency made missteps in the case of Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia — the 11-year-old whose ...

Old Saybrook OKs class pet rules, but how does it work in other Connecticut schools?

After Old Saybrook officials found three beaded dragons and one hermit crab in classrooms across town, teachers are now required to get principal approval before bringing animals onto school grounds ...
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Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests

New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does ...

DCF closed the case on a Worcester family. A year later, a 4-year-old was dead.

A'zella Ortiz, 4, was allegedly killed by her father after years of "chronic and cumulative" neglect. DCF thought they were in New York.