Racial Disparities In Connecticut Prisons And Jails

From The Sentencing Project: Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell (R) has signed legislation requring pre-enactment assessment of the racial and ehtnic impact of new sentencing laws. The rate of the incarceraton of blacks persons in that state is 12 times higher than that of whites. Connecticut joins Iowa and Wisconsin in promulgating laws and policies addressing racial disparities in prison and jail populations.