“Connecticut is leading reforms in criminal justice reform–including proposals to raise the age of criminal responsibility for young people from 18 to up to age 21 and creating a new facility for them, a focus on rehabilitation in prison, and easing reentry by converting former prisons into ‘reintegration centers,’ among other things. Commissioner Scott Semple sat down for a conversation with Vera’s Ryan Shanahan to talk about real world application of a human dignity approach in corrections.”

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